Health Sciences Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities:

Health Science Librarians do research on different medical topics in other to find the most updated information available. They are in charge of arranging and distributing clinical, scientific, and biomedical information. They are skilled at producing biographies related to different medical fields. Their primary task is to look for books, articles, journals, etc. to get to patients that might need them. It doesn’t matter where that book is, they will still make sure that they have it. They work in different places for example, health origination libraries, health information center, pharmaceutical companies, and medical schools. They assist students, patients, health practitioner, by giving them the information they need.

Salary: $52, 293- $116, 200

Education:

In order to become a Health science Librarian you need to first finish high school with courses in science, math, and information technology and management. Then a Bachelor’s degree in life sciences should be followed by a master’s degree in library science. The library science is licensed by the American Library Association. Other education will depend on where you are working, for example the state and the manager.

Demand:

It is thought to grow by two percent from 2014 to 2024, which is actually really slow. Grow is limited because of budget and local government and educational services.

Reflection:

I will not like to be this when I grow up. I do love books and research, but the medical field isn’t the most interesting thing for me. I do love some of the medical field jobs, but this isn’t one of them.