Are we providing doctors with the training and tools for lifelong learning?
BMJPublished 13 November 1999Open access
Allen F. Shaughnessy, David C. Slawson
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“Lecture and test” teaching methods arm learners with plenty of information but not the skills to update and replace it and efforts to increase the use of the best available evidence at the point of care must focus on the relevance of the information to patients and clinicians.
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