Practical Evidence-Based Medicine at the Student-to-Physician Transition: Effectiveness of an Undergraduate Medical Education Capstone Course.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical information is expanding at exponential rates. Practicing physicians must acquire skills to efficiently navigate large bodies of evidence to answer clinical questions daily. How best to prepare medical students to meet this challenge remains unknown. The authors sought to design, implement, and assess a pragmatic evidence-based medicine (EBM) course engaging students at the transition from undergraduate to graduate medical education.

Materials and methods

An elective course was offered during the required 1-month Capstone medical school curriculum. Participants included one hundred sixty-eight graduating fourth-year medical students at Emory University School of Medicine who completed the course from 2012 to 2018. Through interactive didactics, small gro

SUBMITTER: Anderson CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8368742 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature