Knowledge and attitudes of trainee physicians regarding evidence-based medicine: A questionnaire survey in Tehran, Iran

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 775-779

  Ahmadi Abhari, Sara ^a,b   Soltani, Akbar ^b   Hosseinpanah, Farhad ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Evidence based medicine; Internal medicine; Knowledge; Medical education; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; IRAN; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 55349131734     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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