Six programs (46%) indicated journal club sessions were consistently led by an EBM expert, defined as an individual with formal training in EBM, extensive background in clinical research, or a longstanding academic interest in biostatistics and research methodology.
As a part of routine clinical care, ESI triage levels were assigned by a nurse with formal training in ESI for all patients at the time of ED arrival.
They included a board certified pathologist/dermatopathologist with an interest in genitourinary pathology and five years of practice, a board certified pathologist with a year of formal training in genitourinary pathology and two years of practice, and a pathology fellow in his fifth year of post-graduate training.
So how can an investor, with no formal training in social science, be in a position to interpret fairly dense academic literature and make a judgment about the likelihood of success for a particular intervention?
Berry took a seat at that conference table with no formal training in finance but a track record in technology.
A former milkman with no formal training in accounting, Mr Ebbers claimed that he was incapable of spotting the fraud.
A Dutch schoolteacher with no formal training in astronomy, Ms. van Arkel had joined tens of thousands of other Web volunteers to help classify photographs taken by deep-space telescopes.
Originally a guitar maker, and with no formal training in physics, math, or programming, Neubäcker got involved in computer music after leading a local lecture group that studied the philosophy and physics of music.
I wonder if the industry felt he'd gone too far too fast, or even that a young black man with no formal training in tailoring had no business being on Savile Row.
One remodel above Sunset Plaza in Los Angeles turned out so well, the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects included the house in its spring tour -- an honor for someone with no formal training in design.
