Student 4 Best Evidence as a Tool to Improve Evidence-Based Practice Competencies

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Objective. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program, based on Students 4 Best Evidence (S4BE) Blog, on Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) competencies (attitudes, knowledge and skills) through an EBP laboratory, in undergraduate students of Physiotherapy. Design. An observational perspective study. Setting. Physiotherapy School of Italian University. Participants. 70 undergraduate physiotherapist students of the first year, of both genders, were included. Mean age was 20.48+/-3.20 years and 66% were male and 34% were female. Interventions. The intervention consisted of the use of S4BE to teach EBP competence. The section S4BE about has been used to teach the EBP principles and their key steps and the section S4BE topics has been used to teach critical thinking and the clinical practice in rehabilitation for a total of 24 training hours. Main Outcome Measure. The evidence-based practice questionnaire (EBP2Q) has been used to evaluate EBP attitude, knowledge and skills, at the start of laboratory (T0), after 24 training hours (T1) and after 3 months of clinical practice training (follow-up). Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS 17.0 An intra-group analysis has been conducted to verify the improvement during the time. Statistically significant was set at p<0.05.

Official Title
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The Effectiveness of Student 4 Best Evidence as a Tool to Improve Evidence-Based Practice Competencies in Undergraduate Health Professional Students: a Pilot Study

Conditions
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Undergraduate Health Professional Students

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Educational programme


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: undergraduate physiotherapist students of the first year both genders Exclusion Criteria: N/A
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| S4BE<br>The intervention consisted of the use of Student 4 Best Evidence blog to teach EBP competence. The section S4BE about has been used to teach the EBP principles and their key steps and the section S4BE topics has been used to teach critical thinking and the clinical practice in rehabilitation for a total of 24 training hours. | Other: Educational programme<br>* the health professional students were undergone to Student 4 Best Evidence blog, as a specific educational programme to learn EBP competencies.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evidence-based practice questionnaire (EBP2Q) | based on 6 domains to evaluate EBP attitude, knowledge and skills | Change from baseline EBP competencies at 24 training hours | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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educational programme; EBP competencies; training;