Journal article
Challenges to the Practice of Evidence-Based Medicine during Residents’ Surgical Training: A Qualitative Study Using Grounded Theory
Abstract
PURPOSE: To examine surgical trainees' barriers to implementing and adopting evidence-based medicine (EBM) in the day-to-day care of surgical patients.
METHOD: In 2000, 28 surgical residents from various subspecialties at a hospital affiliated with McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences in Ontario, Canada, participated in a focus group (n = 8) and semistructured interviews (n = 20) to explore their perceptions of barriers to the …
Authors
Bhandari M; Montori V; Devereaux PJ; Dosanjh S; Sprague S; Guyatt GH
Journal
Academic Medicine, Vol. 78, No. 11, pp. 1183–1190
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
11 2003
DOI
10.1097/00001888-200311000-00022
ISSN
1040-2446