The role of librarians in teaching evidence-based medicine to pediatric residents: a survey of pediatric residency program directors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The research sought to identify the general use of medical librarians in pediatric residency training, to define the role of medical librarians in teaching evidence-based medicine (EBM) to pediatric residents, and to describe strategies and curricula for teaching EBM used in pediatric residency training programs.

Methods

We sent a 13-question web-based survey through the Association of Pediatric Program Directors to 200 pediatric residency program directors between August and December 2015.

Results

A total of 91 (46%) pediatric residency program directors responded. Most (76%) programs had formal EBM curricula, and more than 75% of curricula addressed question formation, searching, assessment of validity, generalizability, quantitative importance, statistica

SUBMITTER: Boykan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5624425 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature