Study: Gastroenterologists Lack Knowledge of Evidence-Based Medicine

Although gastroenterologists have embraced the concepts of evidence-based medicine, their actual knowledge of EBM is somewhat lacking, according to a Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology study.

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Researchers found insufficient congruence between EBM familiarity and competency scores. However, academic, research and advanced-degree gastroenterologists and those with recent EBM training showed higher EBM competency.

 

Most gastroenterologists in the survey regularly utilized the EBM-related resource UpToDate more often than PubMed or Clinical Evidence.


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