Evidence-based medicine training in a resource-poor country, the importance of leveraging personal and institutional relationships

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 644-650

  Tomatis, Cristina ^a   Taramona, Claudia ^a   Rizo Patrón, Emiliana ^a   Hernández, Fiorela ^a   Rodríguez, Patricia ^a   Piscoya, Alejandro ^b   Gonzales, Elsa ^c   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^c   Heudebert, Gustavo ^d   Centor, Robert M ^d,e   Estrada, Carlos A ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

developing countries; education; evidence based medicine; evidence based practice; international cooperation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 79961030218     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01635.x     Document Type: Article

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