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Scenario:

The director of the STD and family planning clinic, Dr. Susan Smith, is concerned about keeping up with local and national trends in reproductive health care. Keeping up with the latest scientific information is important to providing quality health care, but Dr. Smith also wants to be aware of advocacy activities that may affect the staff and clients of her clinic. What combination of resources could Dr. Smith track to keep her informed given the little time she has available?

Q1. Web sites that have news updates or continuous news feeds.

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Q2. E-mail discussion lists (Listservs™)

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Q3. E-mail announcement/notification lists

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Q4. Journal literature

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Q5. Regular searches of the literature also reveal the latest evidence

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Q6. Professional organizations

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