Critical appraisal skills training for health care professionals: A randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN46272378]

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Taylor, Rod S ^a   Reeves, Barnaby C ^b   Ewings, Paul E ^c   Taylor, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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

^c TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 12344322832     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-4-30     Document Type: Review

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