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Table 7 Knowledge change in medical education critical appraisal skills. Results of the retrospective pre-post (post-then-pre) knowledge level about topics related to medical education literature critical appraisal skills (n = 21)

From: Eight years’ experience with a Medical Education Journal Club in Mexico: a quasi-experimental one-group study

Topics

Pre median (IQR)

Post median (IQR)

Effect size (Cohen’s r)

Critical appraisal of medical education articles

5 (4)

8 (2)*

0.84

Databases and sources of information relevant to medical education

5 (4)

9 (2)

0.86

Systematic reviews in medical education

5 (5)

8 (3)

0.80

Evidence-based medical education

6 (4)

8 (3)

0.78

Research design in medical education

4 (4)

8 (3)

0.82

Qualitative research in medical education

5 (4)

8 (4)

0.78

Statistical methods in education research

6 (6)

8 (4)

0.79

Assessment methods in medical education

6 (4)

8 (2)

0.84

Validity and reliability in assessment

5 (5)

8 (2)

0.76

  1. Scale from 0 = minimum to 10 = maximum
  2. *All pre-post comparisons using Wilcoxon signed-rank test were statistically significant with p < 0.001
  3. IQR = interquartile range