The position of roles and requirements of professional competency in foreign medical librarians were ana-lyzed in order to provide the experiences of foreign medical librarians for the professional development of domestic medical librarians,which showed that medical librarians play their roles in health information service,health literacy education,scientific research,teaching,clinical decision-making support and public health service, and that their role and competency have been recognized by medical experts and health information users. Medical librarians should not only possess the competency of communication,systematic review,resource evaluation,organization and manage-ment and health management but also the proficiency in teaching and the ability to promote the development of health information industry,which will thus help them to become a health informationist or a clinical information expert.%分析国外医学图书馆员在不同工作场景中的角色定位和职业能力需求,为国内医学图书馆员职业发展提供借鉴.结果显示,医学图书馆员在健康信息服务、健康素养教育、决策支持和公共卫生服务等方面均能发挥作用,其职业角色和能力受到医学专家和用户的认可.医学图书馆员不但要具备沟通、系统评价、资源评价、组织管理、健康信息管理等通用能力,还需要精于教学并能助推健康信息行业的发展,最终担当起"健康信息学家"或"临床信息专家"等更高端的职业角色.
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