Improving question formulation for use in evidence appraisal in a tertiary care setting: A randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN66375463]

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-9

  Villanueva, Elmer V ^a   Burrows, Elizabeth A ^a   Fennessy, Paul A ^a   Rajendran, Meera ^b   Anderson, Jeremy N ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Health Insurance Commission   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITAL; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NURSE CLINICIANS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142544186     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-1-1     Document Type: Article

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