Trial reportBMC medical education2010
Evidence-based medicine training during residency: a randomized controlled trial of efficacy.
Trial report in BMC medical education, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review and taxonomy of tools for evaluating evidence-based medicine teaching in medical education.Systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Prescribers' Knowledge and Skills for Interpreting Research Results: A Systematic Review.The Journal of continuing education in the health professions · 2017Pooled it
- Instructional methods used by health sciences librarians to teach evidence-based practice (EBP): a systematic review.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2016Pooled it
- 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
- Teaching of evidence-based medicine to medical students in Mexico: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2012Trial
- Exploration of utilizing electronic health databases in evidence-based practice among Iranian pharmacists: a survey by simulation of health-seeking pregnant women.Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences · 2026Article
- Analyzing the effectivity of evidence-based practice in health science higher education: a narrative review.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2025Review
- The Difficulty Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in the Perioperative Setting.Anesthesia and analgesia · 2024Article
- Evidence-based medicine among health-care workers in hospitals in Iran: A nationwide survey.Journal of education and health promotion · 2020Review
- 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
- Hyperlink-Embedded Journal Articles Improve Statistical Knowledge and Reader Satisfaction.Journal of graduate medical education · 2015Article
- Resident physician's knowledge and attitudes toward biostatistics and research methods concepts.Saudi medical journal · 2015Article
- Progress of International Scientific Summer School in Turkey from 2007 to 2010: on the eve of 2014 event.Balkan medical journal · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence-based medicine (EBM) has been widely integrated into residency curricula, although results of randomized controlled trials and long term outcomes of EBM educational interventions are lacking. We sought to determine if an EBM workshop improved internal medicine residents' EBM knowledge and skills and use of secondary evidence resources.
methodsThis randomized controlled trial included 48 internal medicine residents at an academic medical center. Twenty-three residents were randomized to attend a 4-hour interactive workshop in their PGY-2 year. All residents completed a 25-item EBM knowledge and skills test and a self-reported survey of literature searching and resource usage in their PGY-1, PGY-2, and PGY-3 years.
resultsThere was no difference in mean EBM test scores between the workshop and control groups at PGY-2 or PGY-3. However, mean EBM test scores significantly increased over time for both groups in PGY-2 and PGY-3. Literature searches, and resource usage also increased significantly in both groups after the PGY-1 year.
conclusionsWe were unable to detect a difference in EBM knowledge between residents who did and did not participate in our workshop. Significant improvement over time in EBM scores, however, suggests EBM skills were learned during residency. Future rigorous studies should determine the best methods for improving residents' EBM skills as well as their ability to apply evidence during clinical practice.
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