Teaching evidence-based medicine: Should we be teaching information management instead?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 685-689

  Slawson, David C ^a   Shaughnessy, Allen F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TEACHING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 21844469720     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200507000-00014     Document Type: Article

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