Teaching evidence-based medicine application: Transformative concepts of information mastery that foster evidence-informed decision-making

BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 149-154

  Sokol, Randi G ^a   Slawson, David C ^b,c   Shaughnessy, Allen F ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c Atrium Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

general medicine; medical ethics; quality in health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICIAN; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; TEACHING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEACHING;

EID: 85067417679     PISSN: 2515446X     EISSN: 25154478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111142     Document Type: Article

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