General practitioners' self ratings of skills in evidence based medicine: validation study
BMJPublished 20 April 2002Open access
Jane Young, Paul Glasziou, Jeanette Ward
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The validity of self ratings of competence in evidence based medicine was evaluated and a blinded validation in general practice was conducted.
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Citation: Young, J. M., Glasziou, P. & Ward, J. E. (2002). 'General practitioners' self ratings of skills in evidence based medicine: validation study', BMJ, 324 (7343), 950-951. [Available at http://www.bmj.com]. N. B. Professor Glasziou was affiliated to the School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia when this article was first published.
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