BACKGROUND Competition and education are intimately related and can be combined in many ways. The role of competition in medical education of evidence-based medicine (EBM) has not been investigated. In order to enhance the dissemination and implementation of EBM in Taiwan, EBM competitions have been established among healthcare professionals. This study was to evaluate the impact of competition...

BACKGROUND Evidence based practice promotes self assessment and ensures delivery of up to date care to patients. The concept of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) in developing countries is still in its infancy where strong opinions drive patient care. METHODS We conducted a cross sectional survey to explore the knowledge, perceptions and attitudes regarding EBM in final year medical students and ...

Establishing the effectiveness of medical treatments is one most important aspects practice. Bradford Hill's viewpoints play an role in inferring causality medicine, and EBM+ seeks to improve evidence-based which influential establishing treatment effectiveness. At EBM+'s foundations lies Russo–Williamson thesis (RWT), can be seen as providing a reduction into those involving difference-making ...

AIM To investigate whether the introduction of a vertical subject on research in biomedicine and founding of The Cochrane Collaboration branch at the University of Split School of Medicine influenced students' knowledge and attitudes toward evidence-based medicine (EBM), including the use of research literature. METHODS We used a 26-item questionnaire on EBM knowledge and attitudes to survey ...

PURPOSE The authors conducted a survey examining (1) the current state of evidence-based medicine (EBM) curricula in US and Canadian medical schools and corresponding learning objectives, (2) medical educators' and librarians' participation in EBM training, and (3) barriers to EBM training. METHODS A survey instrument with thirty-four closed and open-ended questions was sent to curricular dea...

This study aimed to compare evidence-based medicine (EBM) vs. conventional approaches to journal club sessions in teaching critical appraisal skills in reading papers by emergency medicine residents. This double cut off discontinuation regression quasi-experimental study was conducted among emergency medicine residents. EBM vs. the conventional approach were applied to teach critical appraisal ...

Obviously medicine should be evidence-based. The issues lie in the details: what exactly counts as evidence? Do certain kinds of evidence carry more weight than others? (And if so why?) And how exactly should medicine be based on evidence? When it comes to these details, the evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement has got itself into a mess – or so it will be argued. In order to start to resolve...

Orthopaedic tissues, such as bone, cartilage, intervertebral disc and tendon, contain cells that are difficult to culture and stimulate in vitro for repair of damaged tissue. Stem cells have the ability to self-renew and differentiate into many tissue types. Recent progress in stem cell research has led to an enthusiastic effort to utilize stem cells for orthopaedic tissue regeneration. Due to ...

Experimental Biology and Medicine Malin Josefsson, Lena Evilevitch, Björn Weström, Torsten Grunditz and Eva Ekblad Vitro In Sodium-Iodide Symporter Mediates Iodide Secretion in Rat Gastric Mucosa 2006, 231:277-281. Experimental Biology and Medicine http://ebm.rsmjournals.com/content/231/3/277 Updated information and services can be found at: http://ebm.rsmjournals.com/content/231/3/277#BIBL Thi...