BMC medical education
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BMC medical education · Dec 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialCritical appraisal skills training for health care professionals: a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN46272378].
Critical appraisal skills are believed to play a central role in an evidence-based approach to health practice. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and costs of a critical appraisal skills educational intervention aimed at health care professionals. ⋯ The findings of this study challenge the policy of funding 'one-off' educational interventions aimed at enhancing the evidence-based practice of health care professionals. Future evaluations of evidence-based practice interventions need to take in account this trial's negative findings and methodological difficulties.