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Table 5 Access to the online databases

From: Effectiveness of national evidence-based medicine competition in Taiwan

Rank

Likert’s 5-point scale (± SD)

Before contest

After contest

pvalue*

1

MEDLINE/PubMed

3.46 ± 1.12

3.50 ± 1.12

0.540

2

UpToDate

3.10 ± 1.30

3.31 ± 1.23

0.001

3

MicroMedex

2.73 ± 1.49

2.87 ± 1.45

0.024

4

Cochrane Library

2.42 ± 0.90

2.85 ± 1.04

<0.001

5

MD Consult

2.21 ± 1.09

2.43 ± 1.14

<0.001

6

ProQuest

1.86 ± 1.04

2.10 ± 1.09

<0.001

7

CINAHL

1.78 ± 0.97

1.99 ± 1.07

0.001

  1. * Pair-sample t test.