Numeracy among trainees: Are we preparing physicians for evidence-based medicine?

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-215

  Johnson, Timothy V ^a   Abbasi, Ammara ^b   Schoenberg, Evan D ^c   Kellum, Rachel ^d   Deann Speake, Lisa ^d   Spiker, Christopher ^d   Foust, Anna ^d   Kreps, Alexandra ^d   Ritenour, Chad W M ^d   Brawley, Otis W ^e   Master, Viraj A ^d  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; medical education; medical students; numerical health literacy; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURVIVAL;

DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENTS; NUMERICAL HEALTH LITERACY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE-BASED LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS-BASED PRACTICE;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION LITERACY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895559517     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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