Evaluating search quality and article choice in evidence-based medicine assignments of preclinical students.
Background: This case report describes the integration of a capstone Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) assignment into a first-year medical student curriculum and presents an analysis of the correlation between search strategy quality and article selection quality within that assignment. Case Presentati...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 113; no. 4; pp. 366 - 374 |
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| Formato: | case study research tables/charts Journal Article |
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University of Pittsburgh, University Library System
Oct2025
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