Table 3 The mean scores for each of the barriers to EBM faced by AKUHN residents

Lack of familiarity with EBM

267/101

2.64

1.18

EBM practice devalues clinical experience

194/101

1.92

0.74

Impracticality of EBM for everyday use

248/101

2.46

1.03

EBM removes the ‘art’ of medicine

200/101

1.98

0.77

EBM de-emphasizes history taking and

physical examination skills

195/101

1.93

0.78

Lack of time to access EBM sources

338/101

3.35

1.18

Insufficiency of basic EBM skills

300/101

2.97

1.14

Skepticism over the quality of evidence

274/101

2.71

1.10

Patients’ unawareness about EBM and

preference of traditional approach

286/101

2.83

1.09