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Barriers to evidence based medicine practice in South Asia and possible solutions

Barriers to evidence based medicine practice in South Asia and possible solutions

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R Agarwal MD, J Kalita DM, UK Misra DM Barriers to evidence based medicine practice in South Asia and possible solutions Neurology Asia 2008; 13: 87-94 The authors mention that teaching the practice of Evidence Based Medicine is practically non-existent in our medical curriculum, due to various barriers. Bridging these barriers involves effective teaching of skills of evidence-based medicine during residency, motivating established clinicians, increasing the accessibility to internet, and several other approaches. Even if a busy clinician recognizes and agrees with evidence-based practice, the literature applicable to the patient is not easily accessible and facilities for making literature searches…
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Plagiarism, copyright violation, duplication, fabrication, false statements, breach of research and publication ethics.

Plagiarism, copyright violation, duplication, fabrication, false statements, breach of research and publication ethics.

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Mahmood KR. Plagiarism, copyright violation, duplication, fabrication, false statements, breach of research and publication ethics. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2009;75:182-3 Once again the issue of various aspects of publication ethics raises its head. The author has pointed out how another article in the journal has a lot of matter from various sources. It is important for authors / potential authors to read articles (this is a Letter to the Editor) like these and understand the rights and wrongs of medical writing / authorship. Do read the author's response and the Editor's remarks to understand the issues well. Strongly recommended for medical students. Appeared…
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A case study for teaching information literacy skills

A case study for teaching information literacy skills

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Kingsley KV, Kingsley K. A case study for teaching information literacy skills  BMC Med Educ. 2009 Jan 29;9:7. The authors specifically describe something that we have been encountering all the time. Older health professionals very often think that younger ones "know it all" when it comes to using computers. In this paper, the finding is that while young professionals are very comfortable with computers, information literacy is a lacuna, and training in this area is vital for inclusion in the curriculum. Appeared in QMedCONNECT, Vol 2, Issue 2, Feb 2009
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