Effect of a PDA-assisted evidence-based medicine course on knowledge of common clinical problems

Family Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 734-740

  Grad, Roland M ^a   Meng, Yuejing ^b   Bartlett, Gillian ^a   Dawes, Martin ^a   Pluye, Pierre ^a   Boillat, Miriam ^a   Rao, Goutham ^c   Thomas, Roger ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE;

EID: 27744503331     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: 07423225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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