A Clinically Integrated Post-Graduate Training Programme in Evidence-Based Medicine versus 'No Intervention' for Improving Disability Evaluations: A Cluster Randomised Clinical Trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kok, Rob ^a,b   Hoving, Jan L ^a,b   Smits, Paul B A ^a   Ketelaar, Sarah M ^a,b   van Dijk, Frank J H ^a,b   Verbeek, Jos H ^a,c  

^a Amsterdam Public Health research institute   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY SKILLS;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84874573197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057256     Document Type: Article

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