Teaching evidence-based medicine: Caveats and challenges

Academic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-240

  Welch, H Gilbert ^a,b   Lurie, Jon D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING;

EID: 0034101388     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200003000-00010     Document Type: Article

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