| Competency statements | Bachelors | Masters | ||
| Mean ± SD | Rank | Mean ± SD | Rank | |
| Knowledge of print and electronic reference resources in health sciences | 4.76 ± 0.42 | 1 | 4.94 ± 0.24 | 1 |
| Knowledge and application of biomedical informatics | 3.87 ± 0.93 | 8 | 3.74 ± 0.89 | 10 |
| Ability to conduct reference interviews and select the appropriate resource to match the users’ needs | 4.69 ± 0.53 | 4 | 4.89 ± 0.31 | 3 |
| Ability to use medical bibliographic databases | 4.71 ± 0.48 | 3 | 4.94 ± 0.25 | 2 |
| The ability to use PMDR | 3.95 ± 0.88 | 6 | 3.93 ± 0.86 | 6 |
| Expertise in information retrieval and search strategy techniques | 4.71 ± 0.53 | 2 | 4.83 ± 0.44 | 4 |
| Expertise in evidence-based medical information searching (identifying and retrieving latest medical evidence) | 4.65 ± 0.59 | 9 | 3.78 ± 0.90 | 9 |
| Ability to develop specialized information services such as selective dissemination of information (SDI), current awareness/current content services, bulletin boards, referral services, etc. | 3.91 ± 0.89 | 7 | 4.80 ± 0.43 | 5 |
| Resource sharing and coordination with other libraries in online environment | 3.84 ± 0.94 | 10 | 3.85 ± 0.90 | 8 |
| Technical skills in the use and provide medical information | 3.99 ± 0.89 | 5 | 3.86 ± 0.89 | 7 |
| Total | 43.0 ± 5.16 | 43.5 ± 4.44 | ||