[Structural principles in the creation of training in medical information retrieval systems]

The systems approach has been used to consider the principles in the creation of the popular medical information retrieval systems (IRSs) BodyWorks, 3DBody, MAYO Clinic on IBM personal computers. The methodological problems in the use of IRSs in a training process, requirements for computer resources, strategy for development of such systems under the Russian conditions are discussed in the paper. Guidelines for further developments are also forwarded.