title: Retention of EBM competencies.
abstract: This longitudinal follow-up study surveyed the attitudes toward, and skills in, evidence-based medicine (EBM) of medical school graduates who had participated in a formal EBM curriculum during their third-year Internal Medicine (IM) clerkship. The objective was to measure whether competencies were retained over time and to identify the long- term impact on the graduates' attitudes toward, and proficiency in, EBM after graduation. Questionnaire results showed that a group of medical school graduates retained EBM skills and a positive attitude about the importance of applying EBM principles in patient care one to three years after completing an EBM course.
authors.affiliation: Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, University of Illinois at Chicago, Peoria, IL 61656, USA. jod@uic.edu
authors.forename: Josephine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dorsch
authors.forename: Meenakshy K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Aiyer
authors.forename: Krishna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gumidyala
authors.forename: Lynne E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D004501:Education, Medical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D007388:Internal Medicine; D011361:Professional Competence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires