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doctor chiropractic program dcp graduate must demonstrate competency clinical research literacy crl per accreditation standards study aimed compare student crl knowledge confidence attitudes beginning end dcp collected data 245 matriculating students crl knowledge confidence attitudes 2017 2018 2021 2022 78 students enrolled course extra credit assignment used recollect crl data approached graduation assessed changes entry exit using statistical analyses stata17 paired data collected 56 students mean crl scores scale 10 dcp beginning end 525 sd 206 654 sd 189 respectively p 0001 observed statistically significant p 05 positive changes students abilities answer questions medical subject headings hierarchy evidence systematic reviews metaanalyses limitations abstracts also statistically significant increase confidence 80 students nearing graduation reporting good excellent abilities find judge health information patients proportion students envisioned searching database help manage challenging clinical case decreased 96 89 p 05 proportion seeing submitting case report publication declined 16 4 p 05 students selfperceived crl abilities knowledge improved beginning end dcp however attitudes toward applying practice declined