Perceptions and Competence in Evidence-Based Medicine: A Survey of the American Urological Association Membership

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 767-777

  Dahm, Philipp ^a   Poolman, Rudolf W ^b   Bhandari, Mohit ^c   Fesperman, Susan F ^a   Baum, Jan ^d   Kosiak, Beth ^d   Carrick, Todd ^d   Preminger, Glenn M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d American Urological Association   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

attitude of health personnel; clinical competence; evidence based medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; UROLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 58149191218     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.10.031     Document Type: Article

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