Effectiveness of Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine to Undergraduate Medical Students: A BEME Systematic Review
Summary
Despite the widespread teaching of evidence-based medicine (EBM) to medical students, the relevant literature has not been synthesized appropriately as to its value and effectiveness. This review aims to systematically review the literature regarding the impact of teaching EBM to medical students on their EBM knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviors.
Review Group
- Hamid Baradaran (lead reviewer), Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology/ Deputy of Research, Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Foad Ahmadi, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (previously), Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; II. Master of Public Health in Epidemiology Candidate, Program in Public Health, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
- Emad Ahmadi, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (previously), Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; II. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.