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PNC/MLA continuing education survey forms were posted on HLIB-NW and also put up at the PNC/MLA Web site in December 1998 for the PNC/MLA membership (198 people); 74 completed forms were returned. Your Regional Medical Library has been mailing and tallying this survey for PNC/MLA since 1983. This is the concise version of the results; an expanded version with all comments is also available.
- Type of library
- 20 academic health sciences library
- 5 academic library
- 18 large hospital (200+ beds) library
- 14 medium hospital (75 to 199 beds) library
- 3 small hospital (1 to 74 beds) library
- 12 other
- Course Topics. Respondents were asked to put checks next to the
five course topics they would find most useful. Respondents were also
asked to suggest other topics.
- 45 Advanced Internet search techniques
- 36 Web DOCLINE (if it has come out yet by the fall)
- 33 Web plug-ins and helpers (Adobe Acrobat, Reader, Real
Audio...)
- 31 Alternative health resources
- 25 Electronic Document Delivery
- 24 Setting up a home page, including HTML and home page
design
- 21 Preparing Web pages and handouts for
consumers, including special consumer populations
- 21 Advanced Web site management and establishing
an Internet node
- 19 Windows NT networking
- 19 Searching for clinical, evidence-based
medicine information
- 16 PubMed and Internet Grateful Med
- 15 Public health resources
- 14 Communicating/partnering with systems
administrators
- 12 Providing health information to consumers and
patients
- 11 Emerging infections diseases
- 4 Basic immunology
- How long have you been in the profession of health librarianship?
Respondents were asked to check one.
- 3 less than 2 years
- 1 2 years
- 7 3-5 years
- 19 6-10 years
- 18 10-15 years
- 24 over 15 years
- Fees. Respondents were asked to check the maximum fee they would pay for a course of high interest.
- 2 $25
- 18 $50
- 43 $100
- 8 $200
- Credit. Respondents were asked to check whether MLA credit for a CE
course is an important factor for them.
- 32 Yes
- 39 No
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