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Table 2 Self-perceived competence in EBM: students' responses shown in proportions for the first three questions

From: Self-perceived competence correlates poorly with objectively measured competence in Evidence Based Medicine among medical students

Question

   

1. Estimated time in tracing an abstract of interest

" > 1 hour or mostly not traceable"

"Between 30 minutes to 1 hour"

"< 30 minutes"

 

8(17.8)

14(31.1)

33(51.1)

2. Satisfaction with search results

"Less than half of the time or very seldom/never"

"Around half of the time"

"Majority, most or all of the time"

 

16(35.5)

21(46.7)

8(17.8)

3. Ability to tell a good study from a not-so-good study

"Occasionally to very rarely or never"

"Sometimes"

"Often, most or all of the time"

 

25(58.1)

18(41.9)

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  1. We simplified the presentation by merging ratings one and two (e.g. "mostly not traceable" and "> 1 hour" were combined into "> 1 hour or mostly not traceable") as well as ratings four and five (e.g. "< 10 minutes" and "between 10 and 30 minutes" were combined into "< 30 minutes") for each question.