A systematic review of the effectiveness of critical appraisal skills training for clinicians

Medical Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-125

  Taylor, Rod ^a   Reeves, Barnaby ^a   Ewings, Paul ^b   Binns, Sarah ^c   Keast, John ^d   Mears, Rebecca ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Controlled clinical trials; Education; Health personnel; Programme evaluation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; READING; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0033978130     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2000.00574.x     Document Type: Review

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