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The San Antonio CATs Initiative.

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: There is evidence from medicine that schools and practitioners are slow to adopt new and proven effective treatments while marketing efforts lead practitioners to too quickly adopt unproven modalities. To address these problems, the dental school at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, has developed a program designed to teach students, faculty, and practitioners the skills of accessing the literature as an intrinsic part of treatment. The Critically Appraised Topics (CATs) program is described and evidence is presented showing that participants can be taught to prepare high-quality summaries of the literature pertinent to clinical problems.

Source: PubMed

Authors: John D Rugh, William D Hendricson, John P Hatch, Birgit J Glass

Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center

Language: English

Topic: Health Sciences Research and Education

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health

Award: Bridging Oral Health Science, Education & Practice: A CATs Initiative