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| Title |
Effective or just practical? An evaluation of an online postgraduate module on evidence-based medicine (EBM)
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Education, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6920-13-77 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Anke Rohwer, Taryn Young, Susan van Schalkwyk |
| Abstract |
Teaching the steps of evidence-based medicine (EBM) to undergraduate as well as postgraduate health care professionals is crucial for implementation of effective, beneficial health care practices and abandonment of ineffective, harmful ones. Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa, offers a 12-week, completely online module on EBM within the Family Medicine division, to medical specialists in their first year of training. The aim of this study was to formatively evaluate this module; assessing both the mode of delivery; as well as the perceived effectiveness and usefulness thereof. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 153 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Ecuador | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 147 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 24 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 7% |
| Professor | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 48 | 31% |
| Unknown | 24 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 62 | 41% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 7% |
| Psychology | 7 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 19 | 12% |
| Unknown | 30 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 August 2014.
All research outputs
#15,578,196
of 25,138,857 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Education
#2,159
of 3,914 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#112,728
of 200,334 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Education
#24
of 39 outputs
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