作者
Yannis K Valtis, Julie D Rosenberg, Keri Wachter, Rodrick Kisenge, Fredirick Mashili, Rehema Chande Mallya, Timothy David Walker, J Damascene Kabakambira, Abahuje Egide, Blaise Ntacyabukura, Rebecca Weintraub
发表日期
2019/8/1
期刊
BMJ open
卷号
9
期号
8
页码范围
e026947
出版商
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
简介
Objective
Evidence-based clinical resources (EBCRs) have the potential to improve diagnostic and therapeutic accuracy. The majority of US teaching medical institutions have incorporated them into clinical training. Many EBCRs are subscription based, and their cost is prohibitive for most clinicians and trainees in low-income and middle-income countries. We sought to determine the utility of EBCRs in an East African medical school.
Setting
The University of Rwanda (UR), a medical school located in East Africa.
Participants
Medical students and faculty members at UR.
Interventions
We offered medical students and faculty at UR free access to UpToDate, a leading EBCR and conducted a cohort study to assess its uptake and usage. Students completed two surveys on their study habits and gave us permission to access their activity on UpToDate and their grades.
Results
Of the 980 medical students invited to enrol over …
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