Impact of deliberate practice on evidence-based medicine attitudes and behaviours of health care professionals

This study examined the effects of learning EBM through stand-alone workshops or various forms of deliberate EBM practice.MethodsWe assessed EBM attitudes and behaviour with the evidence based practice inventory questionnaire, in paediatric health care professionals who had only participated in a  stand-alone EBM workshop (controls), participants with a completed PhD in clinical research (PhDs), those who had completed part of their paediatric residency at a department (Isala Hospital) which systematically implemented EBM in its clinical and teaching activities (former Isala residents), a nd a reference group of paediatric professionals currently employed at Isala’s paediatric department (current Isala participants).ResultsCompared to controls (n = 16), current Isala participants (n = 13) reported more positive EBM attitudes (p <  0.01), gave more priority to using EBM in decision making (p = 0.001) and reported more EBM behaviour (p = 0.007). PhDs (n = 20) gave more priority to using EBM in medical decision making (p <  0.001) and reported more EBM behaviour than controls (p = 0.016).DiscussionHealth care professionals exposed to deliberate practice of EBM, either in the daily routines of their department or by completing a  PhD in clinical research, view EBM as more useful and are more likely to use it in decision making than their peers who only followed a standard EBM workshop. These findings support the use of deliberate prac...
Source: Perspectives on Medical Education - Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: research