IJME - Factors associated with medical student clinical reasoning and evidence based medicine practice

Table 3. Factors associated with student clinical reasoning and evidence-based medicine use in the clinical setting

Factors	Students’ Clinical Reasoning Use in theClinical Setting		Students’ Evidence-basedMedicine Use in the Clinical Setting
Factors	Parameter estimate	P value	Parameter estimate	P value
Teaching culture summary score *composite of 4 questions representing the teaching culture: supervisor teaching CR/EBM, transparency of CR, and appreciation students skills in these (crohnbach α=0.90, eigenvalue 3.72; mean 3.60)	0.09	0.61	0.17	0.40
Practice culture summary score *composite of 5 questions representing practice culture: supervisor value and use of CR/EBM, and likelihood of using the medical literature to inform decision making. (crohnbach α=0.91 eigenvalue 3.16; mean 3.31)	0.46	0.05	0.33	0.21
Classroom experience with the skill	0.27	0.04	0.32	0.03

Int J Med Educ. 2015; 6:142-148; doi: 10.5116/ijme.563a.5dd0