Attitudes of general practice trainers to teaching evidence-based medicine

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 611-617

  Siriwardena, A Niroshan ^a,b   Sandars, John ^c   Scott, Kate ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b West Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Evidence based practice; General practice trainers; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

EID: 8644234054     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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