Training in critical appraisal skills: Authors' reply

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Most people would agree that research is needed to improve health care, but to what extent has research really improved health care for patients? It has been estimated that at least 85% of all investment in biomedical research is avoidably wasted.
In our previous Correspondence, we suggested that poorly conceptualised and supervised research done by medical students contributes to this waste, and we suggested that investment should instead be used to promote the skills needed for critical appraisal of research. We itemised the changes reflecting this view that were made by the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, to their medical curriculum.