Table 2. Scores on the McColl questionnaire.

	Residents (n = 10)	ENT surgeons (n = 58)	P =	All respondents (n = 68)
1. How would you describe your own attitude towards the current promotion of EBM?	31 (33)	50 (44)	0.123	49 (43)
2. How would you describe the attitude of most of your colleagues towards EBM?	30 (12)	51 (33)	0.023	50 (32)
3. How useful is EBM in your day-to-day management of patients?	35 (42)	54 (43)	0.182	53 (45)
4. What percentage of your clinical practice is currently evidence based?	70 (41)	52 (27)	0.260	53 (28)
5. Practicing EBM improves patient care	25 (66)	50 (58)	0.246	46 (60)
6. EBM is of limited value in otorhinolaryngology because much of patient care lacks scientific base	63 (54)	52 (48)	0.856	54 (47)
7. The adoption of EBM, however worthwhile as an ideal, places another demand on the already overloaded ENT surgeon.	52 (42)	40 (58)	0.182	41 (57)

Presented as median (IQR) IQR = Interquartile Range. Bold numbers indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05)