Guide for Authors. Creating a Radiology Physician Extender Web-based Database.

The article discusses the methods used to create radiology physician extender (RPE) web-based bibliographic database. Topics discussed include benefits and concerns of employing RPEs with reference to issues such as clinical competency, cost effectiveness and education, bibliographic database consisting of collection of references to newspaper articles, reports, and patents, and consideration of MEDLINE as a bibliographic database of life sciences.