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MLA’s communities work on association initiatives and provide support, knowledge-sharing, and communication for health information professionals.
The health information profession provides access to and delivers accurate, relevant,and targeted information that improves patient care and supports education, research, and scholarly communication.
MLA members share their expertise with the public, other health information professionals, and members through a variety of resources, from recommended websites for patients and caregivers to the open access peer-reviewed Journal of the Medical Library Association.
MLA annual conferences further the association’s mission to support the profession. Each year MLA members and others gather for professional development, networking, presentations, exhibits, and much more.
MLA offers professional continuing education courses and other career development programs for practicing health sciences librarians, recent graduates, nurses, and others.
With the reproducibility crisis in biomedical and health sciences, medical librarians have an opening to expand their contributions to health care and raise their status by teaching critical appraisal. Abraham Wheeler and Amy Blevins aim to get you fired up about teaching in this new area!
Learn how to appraise qualitative research using appropriate standards and tools and enhance your contribution to the practice of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and boost your value in your workplace.
Take your data management skills beyond common data management practices to another level.
Documenting and sharing search strategies and archiving search data seems like it should be easy. But, even documenting the necessary bare minimum is complex and nuanced. Learn how to balance what is ideal with what is practical and reasonable.
