BMJ  2004;329 (30 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7473.0-d

Evidence based teaching works best at the bedside

Teaching evidence based medicine in clinical contexts improves knowledge, critical appraisal skills, attitudes, and behaviour, whereas teaching it in the classroom improves only knowledge. Coomarasamy and Khan (p 1017) systematically reviewed studies of teaching evidence based medicine to postgraduates and found consistent evidence supporting the superiority of clinically integrated teaching.

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