1. Librarian on a Mission: Teaching Physicians in a Developing Country Rochelle Kramer, M.L.S., A.H.I.P. Carpenter Library, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC Project For the past decade, Jewish Healthcare International (JHI) has sent healthcare volunteers on medical/humanitarian missions to Odessa, Ukraine. For the first time, a librarian participated, lecturing with a translator. She spoke to community physicians at a Social Welfare Society on the subject of locating and evaluating authoritative quality free Russian and English medical information on the Internet that can be used by physicians and their patients. A group also toured the Odessa State Medical Library and met and networked with their Deputy Director to discover resources available to these community physicians. In addition, the HINARI program, set up by the World Health Organization together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain free access to a large collection of biomedical and health literature. The medical library has the password for HINARI access which can be distributed to these community physicians. Prior to the Trip Research was conducted to identify quality Internet medical resources available in both Russian and English The librarian consulted with Russian-speaking physicians The librarian consulted with a native Russian-speaking librarian A PowerPoint presentation was prepared highlighting Eurasia Health Knowledge Network, WHO-Hinari Project, PubMed, and other resources. Project For the past decade, Jewish Healthcare International (JHI) has sent healthcare volunteers on medical/humanitarian missions to Odessa, Ukraine. For the first time, a librarian participated, lecturing with a translator. She spoke to community physicians at a Social Welfare Society on the subject of locating and evaluating authoritative quality free Russian and English medical information on the Internet that can be used by physicians and their patients. A group also toured the Odessa State Medical Library and met and networked with their Deputy Director to discover resources available to these community physicians. In addition, the HINARI program, set up by the World Health Organization together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain free access to a large collection of biomedical and health literature. The medical library has the password for HINARI access which can be distributed to these community physicians. Prior to the Trip Research was conducted to identify quality Internet medical resources available in both Russian and English The librarian consulted with Russian-speaking physicians The librarian consulted with a native Russian-speaking librarian A PowerPoint presentation was prepared highlighting Eurasia Health Knowledge Network, WHO-Hinari Project, PubMed, and other resources. Presentation Library Tour Handouts For Further Information contact rkramer@wfubmc.edu Handouts For Further Information contact rkramer@wfubmc.edu