Do short courses in evidence based medicine improve knowledge and skills? Validation of Berlin questionnaire and before and after study of courses in evidence based medicine

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7376, 2002, Pages 1338-1341

  Fritsche, L ^a   Greenhalgh, T ^b   Falck Ytter, Y ^c   Neumayer, H H ^a   Kunz, Regina ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL;

EID: 0037039047     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1338     Document Type: Article

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