French academic physicians had a poor knowledge of terms used in clinical epidemiology

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Estellat, Candice ^a   Faisy, Christophe ^a   Colombet, Isabelle ^a,b   Chatellier, Gilles ^a,b   Burnand, Bernard ^c   Durieux, Pierre ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Clinical epidemiology; Epidemiologic methods; Evidence based medicine; Medical staff hospital; Professional competence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPREHENSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCIENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 33746834044     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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