Critical appraisal using the READER method: A workshop-based controlled trial

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-93

  MacAuley, Domhnall ^a   McCrum, Evelyn ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controlled trial; Critical reading; Family practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MODEL; READING;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEACHING;

EID: 0033002563     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.1.90     Document Type: Article

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