OBJECTIVES: To analyze the effectiveness of an Evidence Based Medicine Objective Structured Clinical Examination (EBM OSCE) with standardized @entity1 for end of third year medical students at our institution. METHODS: This was a single-center prospective cross-sectional investigation. As part of the eight-station OSCE exam, the authors developed and implemented a new twenty-five-minute EBM OSCE station with the goal of evaluating evidence based medicine skills necessary for daily clinical encounters. The OSCE case involved a highly educated @entity1 with a history of recurrent debilitating @entity2704 who has brought eight specific questions regarding the use of @entity230 for @entity2704 . Students were provided computer stations equipped to record a log of the searches performed. RESULTS: One hundred and four third-year medical students participated in this study. The average number of search tools used by the students was 4 (SD = 2). The 104 students performed a total of 896 searches. The two most commonly used websites were uptodate.com and google.com. Sixty-nine percent (95% CI, 60% to 78%) of students were able to find a meta-analysis regarding the use of @entity619 for the prevention of rebound @entity2704 . Fifty-two percent of students were able to explain that @entity1 who took @entity619 had a moderate RR (0.68 to 0.78) of having a recurrent @entity2704 , and 71% of students were able to explain to the standardized @entity1 that the NNT for @entity619 was nine. CONCLUSION: The EBM OSCE was successfully integrated into the existing eight-station OSCE and was able to assess student EBM skills. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Using standardized XXXX to evaluate medical students' evidence-based medicine skills.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity2704 :: ('MESH:D008881', 'Disease') :: ['migraine', 'migraine headaches', 'migraines'] @entity230 :: ('MESH:D013256', 'Chemical') :: ['steroids'] @entity619 :: ('MESH:D003907', 'Chemical') :: ['dexamethasone']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
