Authors : Ebadi Fard Azar Farbod, Eskrootchi Rogheyeh and Kahouei Mehdi
Abstract: This study was done to determine the types of information sources that medical students use to answer clinical questions in emergency medicine to assess whether the sources are evidence-based to determine factors which encourage or inhibit the use of the resources and to provide suggestions for evidence based decision making. Questionnaires and observations were used to collect data from seventy medical students at teaching hospitals in Iran University of medical sciences. Analysis of data was conducted by SPSS. Chi-square, two-tailed and bi-variation correlation tests were used to investigate the significant association among the data. The results showed few students used evidence-based sources daily and the most of medical students due to time limitation, poor access to databases, lack searching skills and depriving of handheld computers such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and pocket cards containing evidence based decision support tools had to preferred traditional information resources such as patient, patient chart and colleagues daily. The results support information professionals participation in increasing and improving the searching skills of the students specially in EBM, the focus on EBM skills of students in predominantly clinical venues, such as morning report, journal clubs, ambulatory care blocks and patient presentations and the use of technologies such as new versions PDAs and pocket cards because of ease of use, time factor and accessibility of clinical decision support tools. These attributes are hallmarks of a modern medical curriculum that have been incorporated into many reformed curricula internationally.
Ebadi Fard Azar Farbod, Eskrootchi Rogheyeh and Kahouei Mehdi, 2009. Answering Questions in Unscheduled and High-Acuity Environments. Do Medical Students Practice EBM?. Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 1211-1216.