In the Commentary entitled "Evaluating the Teaching of Evidence-Based
Medicine" published in the September 4, 2002, issue of THE JOURNAL (2002;288:1110-1112),
references in the last 2 paragraphs of the article were misnumbered, as were
the corresponding references in the list. The corrected text and corresponding
references are reprinted below.
Randomization of learners is possible8,16 as is blinding
of assessors.8,17 Investigators have assessed EBM skills other
than critical appraisal, including building structured clinical questions
and search strategies.16 There are several validated measurement
tools,8-10, 18 and several new measures of behavioral change await
validation. For example, a recent study objectively measured the behavioral
outcomes corresponding to the quality and quantity of literature searches.16 A preliminary study reported assessing audiotapes of resident and
attending encounters to determine the frequency with which residents incorporate
evidence in their patient care.19