Micah J. Waltz is a lecturer at Texas A&M University at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences with a joint appointment at the University Libraries in the Medical Sciences Library. He teaches undergraduate writing courses that emphasize reading and writing about scientific literature. Students practice translating scientific information for non-­‐scientific audiences, using clinical skills to guide their discussions for best practices of communication. In his joint appointment, he heads a research project to improve library instructional support about evidence-based medicine for health science curricula.