?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Impact+of+an+Evidence-Based+Medicine+Workshop+on+Residents%E2%80%99+Attitudes+towards+and+Self-Reported+Ability+in+Evidence-Based+Practice&rft.creator=Baum+M.D.%2C+Karyn+D.&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=Background%3A+Evidence-based+medicine+(EBM)+is+a+part+of+many+medical+school+and+residency+curricula+worldwide%2C+but+there+is+little+research+into+the+most+effective+methods+to+teach+these+skills.%0APurpose%3A+To+evaluate+whether+a+course+on+EBM+utilizing+adult+learning+principals+leads+to+both+immediate+and+short-term+attitudinal%2C+confidence%2C+and+behavioral+change.%0AMethods%3A+Seventy-three+(73)+Internal+Medicine+and+Internal+Medicine%2FPediatric+residents+attended+a+half-day+seminar+on+EBM.+Participants+completed+pre-+and+post-course+5-point+Likert+questionnaires%2C+and+set+two+personal+goals+for+integrating+EBM+into+their+daily+practice.+We+performed+nonparametric+two-sample+Wilcoxon+Rank-Sum+tests+to+compare+responses.+We+also+elicited+the+self-reported+success+of+the+residents+in+meeting+their+goals+one-month+post-course.%0AResults%3A+Attitudes+about+EBM+improved+(3.5+pre-course+vs.+3.7+post-course)%2C+as+well+as+self-reported+EBM+skills+(3.0+vs.+3.3).+Seventy-two+percent+of+residents+reported+having+met+at+least+one+of+their+two+goals+for+the+integration+of+EBM+into+their+practice.%0AConclusions%3A+An+EBM+workshop+based+upon+adult+learning+principles+was+successful+in+meeting+multiple+educational+goals.+The+links+between+andragogy%2C+learners%E2%80%99+internal+drive+for+behavior+change%2C+and+successful+EBM+education+should+be+further+explored.&rft.date=2003-03&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2838%2F1%2Fres00053.pdf&rft.identifier=++Baum+M.D.%2C+Karyn+D.++(2003)+The+Impact+of+an+Evidence-Based+Medicine+Workshop+on+Residents%E2%80%99+Attitudes+towards+and+Self-Reported+Ability+in+Evidence-Based+Practice.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2838%2F