Trial reportJournal of general internal medicine2008
Impact of an evidence-based medicine curriculum on resident use of electronic resources: a randomized controlled study.
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- A systematic review of how studies describe educational interventions for evidence-based practice: stage 1 of the development of a reporting guideline.BMC medical education · 2014Pooled it
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- Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2011Trial
- Evidence-based medicine training during residency: a randomized controlled trial of efficacy.BMC medical education · 2010Trial
- Evidence-based medicine curricula and barriers for physicians in training: a scoping review.International journal of medical education · 2021Article
- Bioinformatics for medical students: a 5-year experience using OMIM® in medical student education.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2019Article
- A prospective mixed-methods study evaluating the integration of an evidence based medicine curriculum into an internal medicine residency program.Advances in medical education and practice · 2019Article
- Focused Evidence-Based Medicine Curriculum for Trainees in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2017Article
- Is literature search training for medical students and residents effective? a literature review.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2012Review
- Developing and using a rubric for evaluating evidence-based medicine point-of-care tools.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2011Article
- Extended evaluation of a longitudinal medical school evidence-based medicine curriculum.Journal of general internal medicine · 2011Article
- Validation of the modified Fresno test: assessing physical therapists' evidence based practice knowledge and skills.BMC medical education · 2010Article
- Determinants of knowledge gain in evidence-based medicine short courses: an international assessment.Open medicine : a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal · 2010Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence-based medicine (EBM) is widely taught in residency, but evidence for effectiveness of EBM teaching on changing residents' behavior is limited.
objectiveTo investigate the impact of an EBM curriculum on residents' use of evidence-based resources in a simulated clinical experience. DESIGN/
participantsFifty medicine residents randomized to an EBM teaching or control group. MEASUREMENTS: A validated test of EBM knowledge (Fresno test) was administered before and after intervention. Post intervention, residents twice completed a Web-based, multiple-choice instrument (15 items) comprised of clinical vignettes, first without then with access to electronic resources. Use of electronic resources was tracked using ProxyPlus software. Within group pre-post differences and between group post-test differences were examined.
resultsThere was more improvement in EBM knowledge (100-point scale) for the intervention group compared to the control group (mean score increase 22 vs. 12, p = 0.012). In the simulated clinical experience, the most commonly accessed resources were Ovid (71% of residents accessed) and InfoPOEMs (62%) for the EBM group and UptoDate (67%) and MDConsult (58%) for the control group. Residents in the EBM group were more likely to use evidence-based resources than the control group. Performance on clinical vignettes was similar between the groups both at baseline (p = 0.19) and with access to information resources (p = 0.89).
conclusionsEBM teaching improved EBM knowledge and increased use of evidence-based resources by residents, but did not improve performance on Web-based clinical vignettes. Future studies will need to examine impact of EBM teaching on clinical outcomes.
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