What are the effects of teaching evidence-based health care (EBHC)? Overview of systematic reviews

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Young, Taryn ^a,b   Rohwer, Anke ^a   Volmink, Jimmy ^a,b   Clarke, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNET; LEARNING STYLE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84900344634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086706     Document Type: Review

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