Trial reportIrish journal of medical science2010
Prospective, controlled assessment of the impact of formal evidence-based medicine teaching workshop on ability to appraise the medical literature.
Trial report in Irish journal of medical science, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prescribers' Knowledge and Skills for Interpreting Research Results: A Systematic Review.The Journal of continuing education in the health professions · 2017Pooled it
- Teaching critical appraisal skills in healthcare settings.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Assessing the effect of educational intervention on pharmaceutical promotion: a follow-up study among medical students from Pakistan.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Analyzing the effectivity of evidence-based practice in health science higher education: a narrative review.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2025Review
- Impact of a National Journal Club and Letter Writing Session on Improving Medical Students' Confidence with Critical Appraisal.Advances in medical education and practice · 2019Article
- Adaptation and Validation of the Fresno Test of Competence in Evidence-Based Medicine in Doctor of Pharmacy Students.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2017Article
- Herbal traditional Chinese medicine and its evidence base in gastrointestinal disorders.World journal of gastroenterology · 2015Review
- Knowledge, attitude and skills before and after a module on pharmaceutical promotion in a Nepalese medical school.BMC research notes · 2012Article
- Senior internal medicine residents' confidence with essential topics in evidence-based medicine taught during internship.Journal of graduate medical education · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe ability to critically appraise the calibre of studies in medical literature is increasingly important for medical professionals.
aimThis prospective controlled study evaluated the impact of a 6-h Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Workshop on the critical appraisal skills of medical trainees.
methodsIndividuals attended three 2-h workshops over a 3-week period, incorporating didactic lectures in statistics, clinical trial design, appraising research papers and practical examples. Appraisal skills were assessed pre- and post-training based on grading the quality of randomised control studies (level 1 evidence), cohort studies (level 2 evidence) and case-control studies (level 3 evidence) [From Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine Levels of Evidence (2001), http://www.cebm.net/critical_appraisal.asp ].
resultsOverall grading improved from 39% (pre-course) to 74% (post-course), P = 0.002, with grading of levels 1, 2 and 3 studies improving from 42 to 75%, 53 to 61% and 21 to 84%, respectively.
conclusionsWe conclude that a 6-h formal EBM workshop is effective in enhancing the critical appraisal skills of medical trainees.
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