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Correspondence Investing in Exposure References 1. The PLoS Medicine Editors (2006) Drowning or thirsting: The extremes of availability of medical information. PLoS Med 3: e165. DOI: 10.1371/ journal.pmed.0030165 Aslam F, Qayuum M, Mahmud H, Qasim R, Haque I (2004) Attitudes and practices of postgradute medical trainees towards research—A snapshot from Faisalabad. J Pak Med Assoc 54: 534–536. Pakenham-Walsh N, Priestly C, Smith R (1997) Meeting the information needs of health workers in developing countries. BMJ 314: 90. Statistics Division of the Government of Pakistan (2005) Pocket book 2005. Available: http:??.pk/depts/fbs/publications/ pocket_book2005/18.pdf. Accessed 13 May 2006. Beveridge M, Howard A, Burton K, Holder W (2003) The Ptolemy project: A scalable model for delivering health information in Africa. BMJ 327: 790–793. Abdul Moiz Khan The problems of the overwhelming amount of medical literature have been thoughtfully highlighted in the PLoS Medicine editorial “Drowning or Thirsting: The Extremes of Availability of Medical Information” [1]. It is of vital importance to medical professionals that they improve on their skills of sifting through the huge amounts of literature that are made available to them every month. But this task becomes exponentially more dif?cult in the less-developed world, where basic knowledge of medical literature is limited [2]. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Aronson B (2004) Improving online access to medical information for low- income countries. N Engl J Med 350: 966–968. There are no alternatives to the good analytical skills that come through continued exposure to medical literature. This exposure should begin at the medical student level. Exercises such as those requiring medical students to analytically criticize medical literature can go a long way in developing reading skills. Citation: Khan AM (2006) Investing in exposure. PLoS Med 3(6): e278. DOI: 10.1371/ journal.pmed.0030278 Copyright: ? 2006 Abdul Moiz K