A randomised-controlled trial of two educational modes for undergraduate evidence-based medicine learning in Asia

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Adjusted† mean differences in changes in score between assessments by teaching method with 95% confidence intervals.

		Change in score between assessments
		PBL group	Usual care group
	Factors		Δ	95% CI‡
Baseline to first assessment	EBP knowledge	reference	0.07	-0.30 to 0.45
(n = 109)	Personal application and current use of EBP	reference	0.01	-0.39 to 0.40
	Future use of EBP	reference	0.07	-0.31 to 0.45
	Attitudes towards EBP	reference	0.51 **	0.19 to 0.83**
First assessment to second assessment	EBP knowledge	reference	0.63 **	0.19 to 1.07**
(n = 102)	Personal application and current use of EBP	reference	0.43*	0.10 to 0.76*
	Future use of EBP	reference	0.07	-0.31 to 0.46
	Attitudes towards EBP	reference	0.27	-0.01 to 0.64

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