Cognition of evidence-based medicine among medical staff in Liaoning province

Objective To investigate the cognition of evidence based medicine(EBM)among medical staffs in Liao ning province and to explore the way to carry out EBM education.Methods A total of 1010 medical staff in 10 third class first grade hospitals in Liaoning province were investigated with a self designed que stionnaire o n personal info rm ation,related know ledge backg round,the cogn ition o f EBM and its influencing factors.Results There were 929 valid que stionnaires.Of all participants,77 persons(8.3%)knew the EBM very much;300 persons(323.3%)knew EBM a little better;426 persons(45.9%)knew EMB generally;126 persons(136%)didn't knew EBM.The main factors of impacting medical staffto gain EBM knowledge were education,occupation,professionaltitle,position,English proficiency,computer level,the frequency of using database,and reading medical literature.The proportions of the medical staffconsidering that EBM should be put into the diploma course,undergraduate crrriculum,and postgraduate course were 23.7%,58.0%,and 16.1%,respectively.Conclusion The cogniton of EBM is poor among medical staff and EBM education should be streng thened.