Table 2.

Knowledge of the definition of Evidence Based Medicine

Evaluation parameters (rubrics)	Graduate physicians n = 220		Physicians in training n = 100		Total physicians n = 320
	f	%	f	%	f	%
Clinical decision making and/or application	120	55	55	55	175	55a
Scientific evidence and/or Results	102	46	32	32	134	42
Clinical experience	17	78	6	6	23	7
Patient’s particular values and/or circumstances	3	1	2	2	5	2
Non-pertinent responses	50	23	25	25	74	23
No response	3	1	2	2	5	2

^aThe sum of percentages is not 100 % because the participants responded to more than one rubric