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Table 1 Participants’ Characteristics

From: Undergraduate medical students’ perceptions, attitudes, and competencies in evidence-based medicine (EBM), and their understanding of EBM reality in Syria

Variables

N

%

Gender

Male

29

58

Female

21

42

Educational level

Basic science (pre-clinical) years

12

24

Clinical years

38

76

Previous EBM exposure

Read about or attended a lecture

28

56

Had a formal EBM training

0

0

Previous research exposure

Participated in ≥ 1 research activity

31

62

No previous research exposure

19

38

Frequency of online search for evidence

≥ once per week

16

32

< once per week, or not at all

34

68

First source sought for evidence (before the course)

Google

23

46

UpToDateTM

13

26

PubMed

7

14

The Cochrane library

1

2

Other

3

6