Towards evidence-based practice in medical training: Making evaluations more meaningful

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1288-1294

  Drescher, Uta ^a   Warren, Fiona ^b   Norton, Kingsley ^c  

^a Henderson Outreach Service   (United Kingdom)

^b Henderson Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Educational measurement standards; Evidence based medicine education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; SKILL; STAFF; STANDARD; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 10644264441     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02021.x     Document Type: Article

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