The San Antonio CATs Initiative.

John D. Rugh, William D. Hendricson, John P. Hatch, Birgit J. Glass

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Abstract

There is evidence from medicine that schools and practitioners are slow to adopt new and proven effective treatments while marketing efforts lead practitioners to too quickly adopt unproven modalities. To address these problems, the dental school at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, has developed a program designed to teach students, faculty, and practitioners the skills of accessing the literature as an intrinsic part of treatment. The Critically Appraised Topics (CATs) program is described and evidence is presented showing that participants can be taught to prepare high-quality summaries of the literature pertinent to clinical problems.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)16-21
Number of pages6
JournalThe Journal of the American College of Dentists
Volume77
Issue number2
StatePublished - Jun 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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