Evaluation of a longitudinal medical school evidence-based medicine curriculum: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is increasingly taught in medical schools, but few curricula have been evaluated using validated instruments.

Objective

To evaluate a longitudinal medical school EBM curriculum using a validated instrument.

Design, participants, measurements

We evaluated EBM attitudes and knowledge of 32 medical students as they progressed through an EBM curriculum. The first part was an EBM "short course" with didactic and small-group sessions occurring at the end of the second year. The second part integrated EBM assignments with third-year clinical rotations. The validated 15-item Berlin Questionnaire was administered before the course, after the short course, and at the end of the third year.

Results

EBM knowledge scores increased fr

SUBMITTER: West CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2517920 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature