Lund University working paper illustrates how to integrate Cochrane Interactive Learning to deliver relevant evidence-based medicine learning objectives

In the Medical Degree Program at Lund University, Sweden, a new Scientific Scholarship theme has been implemented, including evidence-based medicine (EBM), as the application of scientific scholarship in EBM is a core aspect of medical education. Throughout the program, scientific scholarship and EBM are supported by multifaceted learning activities and structured assessment, ensuring that students work continuously and iteratively with these concepts. The theme also makes use of e-learning for written assignments and ofCochrane Interactive Learning modules together with locally developed e-lectures.Lead author, Maria Bj örklund, Librarian at the Faculty of Medicine, reported “the Cochrane Interactive Learning modules cover the process of how to conduct a systematic review, from formulating a question to finding, assessing and summarising evidence from studies. Each module contains videos, quizzes and exercises a nd an assessment that generates a certificate. Students upload their certificates to the university’s learning management system as part of the formal course assessment. The modules’ contents are of high quality, the level is challenging and requires students to be engaged. The assessment tasks and modules can be revisited, which gives opportunity for repetition. The methodology of conducting a systematic review contains many elements that are necessary to master also for other evidence-based work relevant to students in their role as future physicians, such a...
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