Searching for scientific evidence: A review of biomedical databases
YUKSEKOGRETIM DERGISI, sa.2, ss.104-108, 2012 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Doi Numarası: 10.2399/yod.12.017
- Dergi Adı: YUKSEKOGRETIM DERGISI
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.104-108
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Over the last decade higher education has shifted from the teacher centered delivery of information towards a student centered problem based learning approach. This shift was made possible by the increasing availability of scientific information from online resources. However, the amount and often ambiguous information provided by the internet poses a challenge to find the best available evidence. Consequently, a new area of learning has to be added to the curricula of higher education: Where and how to search for the best evidence available. This article reviews the most important medical databases and their features. The skilled utilization of these databases as a source of information is indispensable for problem based learning and evidence based decision making in medical education today.