Trial reportJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2012
Teaching evidence-based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years: a randomized controlled trial.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Methods of teaching evidence-based practice: a systematic review.BMC medical education · 2022Pooled 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
- Educational strategies for teaching evidence-based practice to undergraduate health students: systematic review.Journal of educational evaluation for health professions · 2016Pooled it
- Effects of librarian-provided services in healthcare settings: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIAPooled it
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- Small-Scale Interventions Improving Literature Search Skills Among Resident Doctors: An Observational Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Effect of a workplace-based learning program on clerkship students' behaviors and attitudes toward evidence-based medicine practice.Medical education online · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Integrated Ambulatory, Didactic, and Evidenced-Based Medicine Curriculum in Internal Medicine.Cureus · 2023Article
- The Medical Information Scientific Process: Define, Research, Evaluate, Synthesize, and Share (DRESS).Therapeutic innovation & regulatory science · 2022Article
- How to answer clinical questions at the point of care: Clinical librarian intervention for family medicine residents.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2022Article
- Undergraduate research in medicine: A summary of the evidence on problems, solutions and outcomes.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Review
- Evaluation of an evidence-based veterinary medicine exercise for instruction in clinical year of veterinary medicine program.Veterinary record open · 2021Article
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- Practical guide for the use of medical evidence in scientific publication: Recommendations for the medical student: Narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Review
- Factors Associated with Practicing Evidence-Based Medicine Among Medical Interns in Amhara Regional State Teaching Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Advances in medical education and practice · 2021Article
- A prospective study evaluating the integration of a multifaceted evidence-based medicine curriculum into early years in an undergraduate medical school.BMC medical education · 2020Article
- Development and evaluation of an evidence-based medicine module in the undergraduate medical curriculum.BMC medical education · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesConstructing an answerable question and effectively searching the medical literature are key steps in practicing evidence-based medicine (EBM). This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of delivering a single workshop in EBM literature searching skills to medical students entering their first clinical years of study.
methodsA randomized controlled trial was conducted with third-year undergraduate medical students. Participants were randomized to participate in a formal workshop in EBM literature searching skills, with EBM literature searching skills and perceived competency in EBM measured at one-week post-intervention via the Fresno tool and Clinical Effectiveness and Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire.
resultsA total of 121 participants were enrolled in the study, with 97 followed-up post-intervention. There was no statistical mean difference in EBM literature searching skills between the 2 groups (mean difference = 0.007 (P = 0.99)). Students attending the EBM workshop were significantly more confident in their ability to construct clinical questions and had greater perceived awareness of information resources.
conclusionsA single EBM workshop did not result in statistically significant changes in literature searching skills. Teaching and reinforcing EBM literature searching skills during both preclinical and clinical years may result in increased student confidence, which may facilitate student use of EBM skills as future clinicians.
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