Roper F W
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1973 Apr;61(2):225-7.
This report discusses the background and design of a study on special programs of education for medical librarianship in the United States. Between 1957 and 1971, 238 persons completed special programs in medical librarianship. Since little information has been available concerning the occupational success of these individuals, the study was undertaken (1) to determine the nature and distinguishing characteristics of the special programs of education for medical librarianship in the United States and (2) to provide some quantitative evidence of the value of those programs by studying a group of professional medical librarians who have had specialized training and a group of practicing medical librarians who have not had specialized training and comparing and correlating the data with regard to selected characteristics. THE FINDINGS OF THE STUDY WILL BE PRESENTED IN THREE FUTURE REPORTS: (1) a descriptive analysis of the programs; (2) a description of the characteristics of all former trainees in medical librarianship who responded to a questionnaire and a discussion of their reactions to their training programs; and (3) a comparison, based on selected characteristics, of a group of former trainees who are currently employed in medical libraries with a group of medical librarians who did not go through special training programs.
本报告讨论了美国医学图书馆学特殊教育项目的研究背景与设计。1957年至1971年间，238人完成了医学图书馆学特殊项目。由于关于这些人的职业成就的信息很少，因此开展了这项研究：（1）确定美国医学图书馆学特殊教育项目的性质和显著特征；（2）通过研究一组接受过专业培训的医学专业图书馆员和一组未接受过专业培训的在职医学图书馆员，并对选定特征的数据进行比较和关联，为这些项目的价值提供一些定量证据。该研究结果将在未来三份报告中呈现：（1）对项目的描述性分析；（2）对所有回复问卷的医学图书馆学前学员的特征描述以及对他们对培训项目反应的讨论；（3）根据选定特征，对一组目前受雇于医学图书馆的前学员与一组未参加特殊培训项目的医学图书馆员进行比较。
