Do workshops in evidence-based practice equip participants to identify and answer questions requiring consideration of clinical research? A diagnostic skill assessment

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-533

  Wyer, Peter C ^a,b   Naqvi, Zoon ^b   Dayan, Peter S ^a   Celentano, James J ^c   Eskin, Barnet ^d   Graham, Mark J ^b  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Diagnostic assessment; Evidence based medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEACHING; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349495661     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-008-9135-1     Document Type: Article

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