Improving assessment of evidence-based medicine skills in medical students. Med Educ. 2010 May;44(5):510-1
This article describes a study of 37 3rd year medical students enrolled in a 6-week EBM course. The course covers EBM theory, how to conduct a literature search, literature appraisal and application of what is learned.
Assessment of learning was done using a case study assignment and questions from the Fresno Test of EBM. Mean scores were 70.8% on the case study and 65.1% on the Fresno Test of EBM.
The conclusion was the Fresno test of EBM was successful in assessing EBM skills.
The test is available at http://www.bmj.com/content/326/7384/319/suppl/DC1
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Have any members of the group helped to score the Fresno exam? The students in the EBM tutorial at the Brigham & Women's Hospital took the Fresno this fall but the faculty member is too busy to score it. Is this a role that we could play?
Thanks for posting this article Nancy.
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