Undergraduate Medical Students’ Knowledge and Use of Evidence Based Medicine, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Evidence based medicine these days are the best methods for the healthcare providers to treat the patients using the newest and best ways of management. Aim of this study is to assess the medical students in Saudi Arabia about evidence about their knowledge and use of based medicine in their practice. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional self-administered questionnaire was conducted among medical students in Saudi Arabia. Results: Number of participants was 293 medical students. Number of students who had addended a course about evidence based practice was 100 and only 46 of the 293 had read journals regularly, number of 117 students had chosen the systematic review as the study which provides the strongest ‘evidence’. Access to specialized EBM databases was available only to 72 of the students. If recent evidence discovered to contradict the clinical judgment, 212 will evaluate the evidence, 67 will follow the evidence and only 14 choose to discard the evidence. Discussion: The results in our study when compared to the previous study showed some approximated results among responders. Conclusion: Evidence based medicine is the backbone of clinical practice; it should be implanted to the medical care of patients from the undergraduate education level. More awareness and teaching about evidence based medicine should be considered with integration of the clinical expertise with the best clinical evidence from qualified study not neither alone sufficient.
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Wafa Muslih Almalki, Muath Alahmedi
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