Assessing competency in Evidence Based Practice: Strengths and limitations of current tools in practice

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ilic, Dragan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SCIENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; REVIEW; SKILL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 69149093337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-53     Document Type: Review

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