background and purpose: the characteristics of residents of infectious diseases who should practice and teach evidence based medicine (ebm) during their clinical work – and their attitudes toward it – are poorly known. we assessed the knowledge, attitude and practice of infectious diseases residents regarding evidence based medicine and their related educational needs. methods: this cross-secti...

Continuous medical education represents the final and often most poorly understood stage of physician education. It is defined as any and all ways by which doctors learn after the formal completion of their training. While evidence-based medicine is defined as "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions for the care of individual patients. The pra...

background: teaching epidemiology of occupational diseases is an important course for occupational health students. if these courses are taught with problem based learning or other new educational methods they will be more beneficial. the objective of this study was the determination of the effects of three educational methods on learning of epidemiology of occupational diseases. methods: this ...

Scientific Medical Journal publication is rapidly increasing in volume. It has become the most explosive field of journal publications worldwide. Medical practitioners require proven strategies to benefit from these immense publications to keep up with current literatures. The task of teaching physicians to review medical literature critically has assumed increasing importance. The objective of...

background: teaching of theoretical and practical first aids are  important courses for medical sciences students. if these courses are  taught with evidence based medicine(ebm), they will be learned better by students. the objective of this study  was the  determination of the  effect of evidence based medical education on learning of first aids. methods: this study had been performed inthe pl...

BACKGROUND Familiarity with Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) and meta-analyses is essential to practice Evidence Based Medicine (EBM). The aims of this study were to describe knowledge, attitudes and professional behavior of physicians towards methods to evaluate the efficacy of health interventions, particularly meta-analysis and to find out their possible associated factors. METHODS A cross...

background and purpose: determined outcomes in education are based on the ultimate expectations from the medical graduates. methods: one hundred and two medical school graduates of the last 4 years of universities located in a city were asked in 2015 to self-evaluate themselves according to 42 expected skill outcomes. these 42 procedures were approved in 2007, by expert panels of iranian minist...

introduction: systems-based practice (sbp) is one of the six competencies introduced by the acgme for physicians to provide high quality of care and also the most challenging of them in performance, training, and evaluation of medical students. this concept analysis clarifies the concept of sbp by identifying its components to make it possible to differentiate it from other similar concepts. fo...

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 ...

BACKGROUND We developed and evaluated the outcomes of an e-learning course for evidence based medicine (EBM) training in postgraduate medical education in different languages and settings across five European countries. METHODS We measured changes in knowledge and attitudes with well-developed assessment tools before and after administration of the course. The course consisted of five e-learn...