Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trial
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Two of the key steps in evidence based medicine (EBM) are being able to construct a clinical question and effectively search the literature to source relevant information. No evidence currently exists that informs whether such skills...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Two of the key steps in evidence based medicine (EBM) are being able to construct a clinical question and effectively search the literature to source relevant information. No evidence currently exists that informs whether such skills should be taught to medical students during their pre-clinical years, or delivered to include both the pre-clinical and clinical years of study. This is an important component of curriculum design as the level of clinical maturity of students can affect their perception of the importance and uptake of EBM principles in practice.</p> <p>Methods/Design</p> <p>A randomised controlled trial will be conducted to identify the effectiveness of delivering a formal workshop in EBM literature searching skills to third year medical students entering their clinical years of study. The primary outcome of EBM competency in literature searching skills will be evaluated using the Fresno tool.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>This trial will provide novel information on the effectiveness of delivering a formal education workshop in evidence based medicine literature searching skills during the clinical years of study. The result of this study will also identify the impact of teaching EBM literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years of study.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1160d21c66a449129571fe27c13b580c2022-12-22T01:09:39ZengBMCBMC Medical Education1472-69202011-07-011114910.1186/1472-6920-11-49Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trialMisso MarieTepper KatrinaIlic Dragan<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Two of the key steps in evidence based medicine (EBM) are being able to construct a clinical question and effectively search the literature to source relevant information. No evidence currently exists that informs whether such skills should be taught to medical students during their pre-clinical years, or delivered to include both the pre-clinical and clinical years of study. This is an important component of curriculum design as the level of clinical maturity of students can affect their perception of the importance and uptake of EBM principles in practice.</p> <p>Methods/Design</p> <p>A randomised controlled trial will be conducted to identify the effectiveness of delivering a formal workshop in EBM literature searching skills to third year medical students entering their clinical years of study. The primary outcome of EBM competency in literature searching skills will be evaluated using the Fresno tool.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>This trial will provide novel information on the effectiveness of delivering a formal education workshop in evidence based medicine literature searching skills during the clinical years of study. The result of this study will also identify the impact of teaching EBM literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years of study.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/11/49 |
| spellingShingle | Misso Marie Tepper Katrina Ilic Dragan Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trial BMC Medical Education |
| title | Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trial |
| title_full | Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trial |
| title_fullStr | Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trial |
| title_short | Teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years - a protocol for a randomised controlled trial |
| title_sort | teaching evidence based medicine literature searching skills to medical students during the clinical years a protocol for a randomised controlled trial |
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