Kouhpayehzadeh Jalil, Baradaran Hamid, Arabshahi Kamran Soltani, Knill-Jones Robin
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Education Development Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2006 Summer;26(3):210-4. doi: 10.1002/chp.72.
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has been introduced in medical schools worldwide, but there is little known about effective methods for teaching EBM skills, particularly in developing countries. This study assesses the impact of an EBM workshop on clinical teachers' attitudes and use of EBM skills.
Seventy-two clinical teachers attended two half-day workshops on EBM. Participants completed precourse and postcourse questionnaires using a 5-point Likert scale. Nonparametric 2-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum tests were performed to compare responses.
Attitudes about EBM improved (3.2 precourse vs 3.4 postcourse), as did self-reported EBM skills (3.1 vs 4.4, p < .0001).
An EBM workshop may improve clinical teachers' abilities and skills in using EBM. However, carefully designed studies are required to evaluate the long-term effects of EBM curricula in changing behaviors, practice patterns, and patient care outcomes.
循证医学(EBM)已在世界各地的医学院校中引入,但对于教授循证医学技能的有效方法知之甚少,尤其是在发展中国家。本研究评估了循证医学研讨会对临床教师态度和循证医学技能使用的影响。
72名临床教师参加了两场为期半天的循证医学研讨会。参与者使用5点李克特量表完成课前和课后问卷。进行非参数双样本威尔科克森秩和检验以比较回答。
对循证医学的态度有所改善(课前3.2分,课后3.4分),自我报告的循证医学技能也有所提高(3.1分对4.4分,p <.0001)。
循证医学研讨会可能会提高临床教师使用循证医学的能力和技能。然而,需要精心设计的研究来评估循证医学课程在改变行为、实践模式和患者护理结果方面的长期效果。