Abstract
In a retrospective study, we studied the learning experience of second and third year
undergraduate medical students in the acute geriatric unit of a University Hospital.
Students who did not receive Evidence based medicine (EBM) classes had lower grades
than those who did in the final theoretical and practical evaluations (p < .01).
Our experience suggested that the implementation of EBM in the curriculum through
small, structured semiology courses tailored to the specificities of the elderly improved
Evidence based practices for undergraduate medical students. EBM should improve instruction
and mentoring during undergraduate students' clinical rotation.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 26, 2018
Accepted:
November 18,
2018
Received:
October 25,
2018
Footnotes
☆This research (therefore this article) did not receive any funding from agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
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© 2018 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
