From: Self-perception and knowledge of evidence based medicine by physicians
Self-perception | Graduate physicians n = 220 | Physicians in training n = 100 | Total physicians n = 320 | |||
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f | % | f | % | f | % | |
Degree of familiarity with EBM | ||||||
High | 122 | 55 | 31 | 31 | 153 | 48 |
Medium | 76 | 35 | 45 | 45 | 121 | 38 |
Some | 19 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 40 | 12 |
None | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Importance of EBM | ||||||
Very important | 192 | 87 | 78 | 78 | 270 | 84 |
Somewhat important | 25 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 47 | 15 |
Not important | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Applies EBM in usual medical practice | ||||||
Always | 66 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 84 | 26 |
Usually | 87 | 40 | 26 | 26 | 113 | 35 |
Sometimes | 58 | 26 | 47 | 47 | 105 | 33 |
Never | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 6 |