Dear list members. This was posted up on the Evidence-based mailbase
discussion list so some of you will have seen it but as it is about critical
appraisal skills I am posting it up on this list and will keep an eye open
for the summary of responses.
The Wessex DEC group is also doing a systematic review of the teaching of
critical appraisal skills and should be reporting soon.
I am going to be proposing a piece of work on curriculum development and
standards in education for evidence-based healthcare for commissioners and
providers of education once this systematic review is published. I will
keep you in touch with developments.
Best wishes Alison Hill
Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Oxford
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-----Original Message-----
From: Albert J. Kirshen, MD, FRCPC <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Roy Poses' <[log in to unmask]>; 'EBH list'
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Date: Sunday, October 31, 1999 11:42 AM
Subject: RE: test of knowledge in clin epi/ crit appraisal?
>Try this URL for the Norman article.
http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol%2D158/issue%2D2/0177.htm
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [log in to unmask]
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Roy
>Poses
>Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 4:35 PM
>To: EBH list
>Subject: test of knowledge in clin epi/ crit appraisal?
>
>
>I have been looking for a simple, easy to administer paper and pencil test
>of knowledge about clinical epidemiogy and/or critical appraisal. In the
>systematic review by Green (Green ML. Graduate medical education training
in
>clinical epidemiology, critical appraisal, and evidence-based medicine: a
>critical review of the curricula. Acad Med 1999; 74: 686) studies appear
>that used their own methods to assess knowledge of clinical epidemiology.
>However the methods themselves have apparently not been published, based on
the data
>table supplied by Green (table 3) and perusal of the articles which
reported
>using tests or examinations that were not based on review of a single
>article, ie, that tested general knowledge. Review of most but not all of
the
>articles also mentioned in the review by Norman et al (Norman GR, Shannon
>SI. Effectiveness of instruction in critical appraisal (evidence-based
medicine)
>skills: a critical appraisal. Can Med Assoc J 1998; 158: 177) also failed
to
>reveal any that actually published the tests they used.
>So I wonder if anyone offhand is aware of a published test that one can use
>to assess learners' general knowledge of clinical epidemiological concepts
>and terms?
>Thanks in advance. I will post any useful responses back to the list.
>
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