Abstract
Scientific development demands continual professional literature studying and monitoring. Work on any scientific, pedagogical or similar project is inconceivable without existing knowledge collation and without the consistent study of information resources.
Scientific information is the assumption, mediator and final result of scientific, research and pedagogical activity of physicians. The main function of certified course "Scientific and Research Work" (developed from "Library Science"), taught at 1st Medical Faculty, is to prepare full-time students and extra-mural students in medical and non-medical field for their work with everyday professional information.
After completion of the course, students should be oriented in the flood of information, be able to find and choose relevant scientific documents and utilize them according to their study needs. Through 20-year-experiences with the teaching at 1st Medical Faculty, Institute of Scientific Information tries to enrich basic knowledge by implementing new e-methods in education (e-manuals, e-presentations, etc.).
The tutors also respond to current situation in the research field and in the operation of the institute. Tuition conception is unified for the particular forms of the study.
We are going to support e-learning and preparing e-scripts. Their content will be placed in Wikiskripta.
The Institute of Scientific Information closely cooperates with the Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship, the Faculty of Arts, Charles University - their tutors participate in teaching at 1st Medical Faculty and together with us apprise the function of our institute to foreign students from ERASMUS exchange study program.