Also called: Clinical librarian
Helps doctors, nurses, and researchers find the latest medical research.
Medical librarians run deep literature searches for systematic reviews, join hospital rounds to answer clinical questions, and teach medical students how to search databases.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Bachelor's in any subject plus a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS/MLS, 1-2 years).
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Library Science, Public Health.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). BLS projects ~3% growth for librarians and library media specialists.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI tools run literature searches and screen studies, so fewer search specialists are needed; teaching and judging evidence stay human.
Classes: AP Biology, AP English Language, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4022.
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