Successful teaching in evidence-based medicine

Ghali, William A.; Saitz, Richard; Eskew, Arthur; Gupta, Mayank; Quan, Hude; Hershman, Warren

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2923.2000.00402.x

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“…The ability to competently locate and critically appraise the appropriate medical literature, interpret volumes of data, integrate, and translate those for use in clinical situations is invaluable to medical practice [7,8]. The marriage between the clinical competence of a physician and the independent literature-based clinical evidence for informed decision-making could spell the difference between life and death of patients under potentially time-dependent conditions [7,9].…”

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Contemporary global perspectives of medical students on research during undergraduate medical education: a systematic literature review

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Dogbey

Klenzak

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Medical Education Online

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Background: The need for increased expertise in evidence-based medicine and concerns about the decreasing numbers of physician-scientists have underscored the need for promoting and encouraging research in medical education. The critical shortage of physician-scientists has assumed a dimension demanding a coordinated global response. This systematic review examined the perceptions of medical students regarding research during undergraduate medical school from a global perspective. Methods: Articles for this review were searched using PubMed, SCOPUS and Cochrane. Studies published within the last 10 years of the start date of the study that met specified criteria were included. Identified articles were initially screened by title as well as keywords and their abstracts were further screened to determine relevance. Full-text of screened articles were read for validation prior to inclusion. Results: A total of 26 articles from the literature met the set criteria for final inclusion. Contents of the abstracts and corresponding full-text articles were analyzed for themes on the research perspectives of medical students. The themes derived comprised: research interest, physician-scientist decline and shortage, responses to physician-scientist shortage, curriculum issues, skills (motivation and self-efficacy), research needs, socioeconomic and cultural issues, and barriers. Conclusion: Despite the wide variations in medical education systems worldwide, the perspectives of medical students on research in undergraduate medical education shared many common themes. Globally, medical students underscored the necessity and importance of research in medical education as reflected by many students reporting positive attitudes and interest in research endeavors. Moreover, a worldwide consensus emerged regarding the decline in the numbers of physician-scientists and the necessity for a reversal of that trend. Various barriers to research engagement and participation were highlighted.

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Contemporary global perspectives of medical students on research during undergraduate medical education: a systematic literature review

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Dogbey

Klenzak

et al. 2018

Medical Education Online

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“…Only a few studies have evaluated these courses. [3][4][5] Medical students who were given a 2-hour instructional session on evidence-based practice were able to obtain more relevant and complete search results compared to students who did not receive training. 3 Likewise, active-learning strategies (2-hour weekly literature search activities) in a drug information and literature evaluation course resulted in improvement in pharmacy students' ability and confidence to perform the course objectives.…”

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“…4 Third-year medical students who received four 2-hour sessions on evidence-based medicine increased their ability to critically appraise the literature and their tendency to rely on original research articles to solve clinical problems. 5 It is, therefore, not only important to introduce students to evidence-based practice, but also to incorporate other strategies earlier in the curriculum to reinforce these concepts prior to beginning practice experiences.…”

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A Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Elective Course to Enhance Pharmacy Students’ Literature Evaluation Skills and Ability to Apply Clinical Evidence

Cheng

2012

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objectives. To design and implement a cardiovascular pharmacotherapy elective course to enhance pharmacy students' ability to evaluate medical literature and apply clinical evidence. Design. In weekly class sessions, students were provided an overview of the important literature supporting therapeutic guidelines for the management of major cardiovascular diseases. Students worked in groups to complete outside-of-class assignments involving a patient case and then discussed the case in class. During the semester, each student also independently completed a literature search on an assigned topic, summarized the studies found in table format, and presented 1 of the studies to the class. Assessment. Students' grades on weekly patient case assignments steadily increased over the semester. Also, the average grade on the final examination was higher than the grade on the midterm take-home examination. On the course evaluation, students rated the course favorably in terms of improvement of confidence in evaluating the primary literature and applying it to practice. Conclusion. Completion of the cardiovascular pharmacotherapy elective increased pharmacy students' level of confidence in evaluating literature and applying clinical evidence in making patient care decisions.

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“…3 Today, most medical schools include EBM in their curricula, although its' implementation is not standardized. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Several studies have examined the knowledge, skills, behaviors and/or attitudes of physicians and medical students, as well as in other health professions, such as, nursing and physical therapy. [4][5][6]9,10,12,14,15,[19][20][21][22] A J P E…”

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A Longitudinal Evidence-Based Medicine Curriculum and Its Impact on the Attitudes and Perceptions of Student Pharmacists

Vira

Nazer

Jackevicius

2019

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To describe a longitudinal evidence-based medicine (EBM) curriculum and to evaluate the impact of this program on the attitudes and perceptions of student pharmacists towards EBM.Methods. Western University of Health Sciences has had a structured, longitudinal, EBM curriculum for over 10 years, spanning the first to third years, including the introductory experiential experiences. A survey was administered prior to the main EBM course and at the completion of the course at three time periods to assess student pharmacists' attitudes and perceptions of EBM and interactive pedagogical methods. Student pharmacists at Western University of Health Sciences voluntarily participated in the self-administered survey. The three time periods examined included: directly after completion of the Results. The response rates were: pre-survey 94% and post-survey 53%. The three classes surveyed had similar baseline characteristics. Students' perceptions of EBM skills and attitudes improved at all time periods post-course. Students felt strongly both before and after exposure to the EBM course and the longitudinal EBM curriculum about learning new EBM skills and that all pharmacists should have these skills. Significantly more students appreciated all of the interactive pedagogical methods after APPE completion as compared with directly after the EBM course and after didactic completion. Conclusions.The attitudes and perceptions of student pharmacists towards EBM improved after exposure to a longitudinal EBM curriculum.

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Successful teaching in evidence-based medicine

Cited by 98 publications

References 9 publications

Contemporary global perspectives of medical students on research during undergraduate medical education: a systematic literature review

Contemporary global perspectives of medical students on research during undergraduate medical education: a systematic literature review

A Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Elective Course to Enhance Pharmacy Students’ Literature Evaluation Skills and Ability to Apply Clinical Evidence

A Longitudinal Evidence-Based Medicine Curriculum and Its Impact on the Attitudes and Perceptions of Student Pharmacists

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