Also called: Health Sciences Librarian, Clinical Informationist
Finds the best medical research for doctors, students, and patients.
Builds a complex database search for a team writing a research review, teaches med students how to find evidence, and answers a doctor's urgent question about a rare drug interaction.
Estimate based on BLS librarians.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in library science (MLS/MLIS); medical library credentials.
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Library Science, Biology.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years).
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI search and summarization tools answer many quick questions; experts remain for systematic reviews and teaching evidence skills.
Classes: AP Research, AP Biology, Computer science, AP English.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4022.
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