Competent in evidence based medicine? Take the Fresno test

The Fresno test, named for the California city in which it originated and the first test designed to assess all domains of evidence based practice, is both reliable and valid. Ramos and colleagues (p 319) developed and then validated the Fresno test using a sample of 96 novice and expert candidates. The short questionnaire had strong inter-rater reliability and clearly distinguished novices from experts. Doctors are increasingly expected to use research to inform their practice, but few evaluative tools exist to see how well these concepts are learned. Ideally, further validation would link performance to an objective assessment of patient care.

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Validation of the Fresno test of competence in evidence based medicine

Kathleen D Ramos, Sean Schafer, and Susan M Tracz
BMJ 2003 326: 319-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]