General practitioners' self ratings of skills in evidence based medicine: validation study

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Jane M Young et al. BMJ. 2002.

. 2002 Apr 20;324(7343):950-1.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7343.950.

¹ Needs Assessment and Health Outcomes Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia. janey@netlink.com.au

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Doctors' knowledge about evidence based medicine terminology.
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Doctors' self rating of skills in evidence based medicine. Way that clinical epidemiology is taught must be examined.
Macleod J, Mant J. Macleod J, et al. BMJ. 2002 Aug 3;325(7358):280. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 12153932 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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