Undergraduate medical students' perceptions, attitudes, and competencies in evidence-based medicine (EBM), and their understanding of EBM reality in Syria

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Alahdab, Fares ^a   Firwana, Belal ^a,b   Hasan, Rim ^a,b   Sonbol, Mohamad Bassam ^a   Fares, Munes ^a   Alnahhas, Iyad ^a   Sabouni, Ammar ^a   Ferwana, Mazen ^c  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SYRIA;

EID: 84864824628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-431     Document Type: Article

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