Effectiveness of training in evidence-based medicine skills for healthcare professionals: A systematic review

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hecht, Lars ^a,b   Buhse, Susanne ^c   Meyer, Gabriele ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b RED Institute   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex intervention; Education; Evidence based medicine; Evidence based nursing; Health personnel

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICINE; MEDLINE; NURSING; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 85007564438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0616-2     Document Type: Review

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