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Table 4 Attitudes and Barriers to EBM practice

From: Examining aptitude and barriers to evidence-based medicine among trainees at an ACGME-I accredited program

 

N

%

My colleagues [...] me to apply EBM principles in my clinical decisions.

 Discourage

0

0.0

 2

1

1.9

 3

21

38.9

 4

20

37.0

 Encourage

12

22.2

In my department, we pay [...] attention to applying EBM principles in our clinical decisions

 No

0

0.0

 2

2

2.5

 3

20

25.0

 4

37

46.3

 A lot of

21

26.3

Supervisors in my department [...] me to apply EBM principles in my clinical decisions

 Hinder

0

0.0

 2

3

3.8

 3

15

19.0

 4

30

38.0

 Support

31

39.2

My colleagues and I [...] discuss research evidence from literature.

 Rarely

0

0.0

 2

9

11.3

 3

25

31.3

 4

35

43.8

 Frequently

11

13.8