Do medical students with A-level mathematics have a better understanding of the principles behind evidence-based medicine?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 731-733

  Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^a   Fallon, U ^a   Sterne, J ^a   Brookes, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 12344266786     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590400016290     Document Type: Article

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