The effect of training on question formulation among public health practitioners: Results from a randomized controlled trial

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-309

  Eldredge, Jonathan D ^a   Carr, Richard ^a   Broudy, David ^b   Voorhees, Ronald E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Wildlife Rescue Inc of New Mexico   (United States)

^c Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETITIAN; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIBRARY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; SOCIAL WORKER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 55849113715     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: 15589439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.96.4.005     Document Type: Article

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