Evidence-based medicine: Discrepancy between perceived competence and actual performance among graduating medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 318-325

  Caspi, Opher ^a,b   Mcknight, Patrick ^c   Kruse, Lillian ^b   Cunningham, Victoria ^b   Figueredo, Aurelio Jose ^c   Sechrest, Lee ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745523418     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590600624422     Document Type: Article

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