Table 3.

EBM “appraisal” topics included in the blocks of the second year of phase II of the medical curriculum at the College of Medicine King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Block number	Block name	Topic
1	Neurosciences, Vision and Behavior	Appraisal of diagnosis studies, and causation
2	Endocrine, Nutrition and Gastroenterology	Appraisal of therapy studies, and advanced literature search
3	Renal, Reproduction and Sexual Health	Appraisal of prognosis studies, and using guidelines in clinical practice
4	Oncology and Palliative Care	Appraisal of meta-analyses paper