Trial reportBMC medical education2011
Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC medical education, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Online training course on critical appraisal for nurses: adaptation and assessment.BMC medical education · 2014Article
- Evidence-based medicine at the intersection of research interests between academic health sciences librarians and medical educators: a review of the literature.Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA · 2012Review
- Integration of evidence based medicine into the clinical years of a medical curriculum.Journal of family & community medicine · 2012Article
- Critical appraisal of journal article by psychiatry PG residents using a new module: Impact analysis.Industrial psychiatry journalArticle
- Exploration of Literature-Based Discussion Teaching in Biology and Cell Biology Laboratory Courses.Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTwo of the key steps in evidence based medicine (EBM) are being able to construct a clinical question and effectively search the literature to source relevant information. No evidence currently exists that informs whether such skills should be taught to medical students during their pre-clinical years, or delivered to include both the pre-clinical and clinical years of study. This is an important component of curriculum design as the level of clinical maturity of students can affect their perception of the importance and uptake of EBM principles in practice. METHODS/
designA randomised controlled trial will be conducted to identify the effectiveness of delivering a formal workshop in EBM literature searching skills to third year medical students entering their clinical years of study. The primary outcome of EBM competency in literature searching skills will be evaluated using the Fresno tool. DISCUSSION: This trial will provide novel information on the effectiveness of delivering a formal education workshop in evidence based medicine literature searching skills during the clinical years of study. The result of this study will also identify the impact of teaching EBM literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years of study.
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