Table 1

Baseline characteristics of participants in Evidence Based Medicine teaching trial.

Computer N = 25

Lecture N = 30


n %

n (%)


Access to a staffed medical/health care library

25 (100)

28 (93)

Access to literature via the Internet

24 (96)

29 (97)

Searched the literature for evidence

23 (92)

22 (73)

Education or training in Research methods

11 (56)

16 (53)

Education or training in Epidemiology

9 (36)

18 (60)

Education or training in Statistics

9 (36)

17 (57)

Personally been involved in conducting research

20 (80)

20 (67)


Evidence based medicine and literature review teaching is not currently part of the UK undergraduate medical curriculum.

Davis et al. BMC Medical Education 2007 7:23   doi:10.1186/1472-6920-7-23

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