1. The Efficient Use of
Medical Research Tools
By: Albert Clesi

2. “Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying
with a purpose.”
- Zora Neale Hurston

3. Introduction
Nital Sheridan
Ochsner Medical Library

4. Thesis Statement
Patients and physicians can search for information
in medical literature more efficiently if they are
provided with techniques for making quality
searches.

5. Equipment Used

6. Skills Acquired
Use of medical research tools
Webpage editing
Proofreading
Communication

7. Patient Education
Information

10. Diagnostic Therapeutic
Decision Support
Systems

13. Preliminary Surveys

14. Post Surveys

17. Medical dictionary to
look up terms

19. Boolean Operators

20. Importance and
Applications

21. ?