Table 2.
Perceived knowledge in EBM before and after the course
| EBM Knowledge Components |
Easy/Relatively Easy |
Difficult/Relatively Difficult |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |||||
|
PICO |
21 |
(41%) |
49 |
(98%) |
30 |
(60%) |
2 |
(3%) |
|
Search |
26 |
(52%) |
46 |
(92%) |
24 |
(48%) |
4 |
(8%) |
|
Study design |
33 |
(65%) |
46 |
(92%) |
18 |
(35%) |
4 |
(8%) |
|
Bias |
16 |
(32%) |
36 |
(71%) |
34 |
(68%) |
15 |
(30%) |
|
Sample size |
23 |
(46%) |
41 |
(81%) |
27 |
(54%) |
10 |
(19%) |
|
Applicability |
14 |
(27%) |
32 |
(63%) |
37 |
(73%) |
19 |
(38%) |
|
Statistics |
14 |
(28%) |
38 |
(75%) |
38 |
(76%) |
13 |
(25%) |
| Point of care | 18 | (36%) | 36 | (71%) | 32 | (64%) | 15 | (30%) |