Table 3 Beliefs in, knowledge of, and skills in EBM
From: Effectiveness of national evidence-based medicine competition in Taiwan
Likert’s 5-point scale (± SD) | Before contest | After contest | pvalue* |
|---|---|---|---|
Beliefs | Â | Â | Â |
 EBM is important in the strengthening of expertise | 4.16 ± 0.72 | 4.21 ± 0.63 | 0.335 |
 EBM is useful in the improvement of patient-care quality | 4.12 ± 0.74 | 4.18 ± 0.64 | 0.125 |
 EBM is helpful in the decision-making of clinical practice | 3.97 ± 0.74 | 4.08 ± 0.67 | 0.017 |
Knowledge | Â | Â | Â |
 My knowledge of applying EBM principles is sufficient | 3.42 ± 0.71 | 3.77 ± 0.72 | <0.001 |
 Understanding of terminology |  |  |  |
  Relative risk (RR) | 3.38 ± 0.79 | 3.56 ± 0.74 | <0.001 |
  Odds ratio (OR) | 3.32 ± 0.79 | 3.56 ± 0.75 | <0.001 |
  Confidence interval (CI) | 3.58 ± 0.73 | 3.66 ± 0.78 | 0.093 |
  Type I error (α error) | 2.96 ± 0.94 | 3.29 ± 0.89 | <0.001 |
  Type II error (β error) | 2.94 ± 0.93 | 3.27 ± 0.89 | <0.001 |
  Systematic review | 3.62 ± 0.78 | 3.72 ± 0.75 | 0.042 |
  Meta-analysis | 3.57 ± 0.81 | 3.71 ± 0.75 | 0.002 |
  Randomized controlled trial (RCT) | 3.73 ± 0.83 | 3.77 ± 0.74 | 0.375 |
  Number needed to treat (NNT) | 3.37 ± 1.01 | 3.68 ± 0.82 | <0.001 |
Skills | Â | Â | Â |
 My skill regarding the literature searching is sufficient | 3.70 ± 0.64 | 3.87 ± 0.68 | <0.001 |
 My skill regarding the critical appraisal is sufficient | 3.48 ± 0.71 | 3.80 ± 0.72 | <0.001 |
 My skills of applying EBM principles are sufficient | 3.40 ± 0.74 | 3.76 ± 0.71 | <0.001 |