Educating medical students in evidence-based medicine: What we should expect as a starting point for our house officers

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 184-188

  Kahlon, Gunjan ^a,b   Mansi, Ishak A ^a,b   Banks, Daniel E ^a,b  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; SKILL; TEACHING;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84859639934     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31824aeaca     Document Type: Editorial

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