Department of Public Health Dentistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Dental College and Hospital, Sangli.
Department of Community Medicine, Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Int J Evid Based Healthc. 2020 Mar;18(1):101-107. doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000199.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) training is essential for undergraduate students in making sound clinical decisions during patient care. However, EBP training is not included in the curriculum of undergraduate dental students in India and there is a dearth of research that assessed the effectiveness of EBP training in India. Hence, this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of EBP training to dental undergraduate students.
Final year undergraduate students and interns of a dental institution participated in this pre and postexperimental study. All the participants received a 2-day workshop (didactic lectures, hands-on and group activities) in a classroom setting. A validated 35 item instrument titled EBP Knowledge, Attitudes, Access and Confidence questionnaire was used for the outcome assessment of EBP training.
Fifty undergraduate students (33 interns and 17 final year) participated in the study. Statistically significant improvement was observed in six out of 10 items related to EBP knowledge. All the items related to attitude showed a significant positive change in scores. Only four out of nine items related to accessing evidence showed a statistically significant change. Participants reported moderate confidence gain in critical appraisal skills.
The current study demonstrated moderate improvement in the effectiveness of EBP training in improving EBP knowledge, accessing evidence and critical appraisal skills.
循证实践 (EBP) 培训对于本科生在患者护理期间做出合理的临床决策至关重要。然而，印度本科牙科学生的课程中并未包含 EBP 培训，而且评估 EBP 培训在印度的效果的研究也很少。因此，本研究旨在评估 EBP 培训对牙科本科生的效果。
一所牙科机构的应届毕业生和实习生参加了这项预实验研究。所有参与者都在课堂环境中接受了为期两天的讲习班（理论讲座、实践和小组活动）。使用经过验证的包含 35 个项目的 EBP 知识、态度、获取和信心问卷来评估 EBP 培训的效果。
共有 50 名本科生（33 名实习生和 17 名应届毕业生）参加了这项研究。在与 EBP 知识相关的 10 个项目中的 6 个项目中观察到了统计学上的显著改善。与态度相关的所有项目的得分都显示出显著的积极变化。只有与获取证据相关的 9 个项目中的 4 个项目显示出统计学上的显著变化。参与者报告在批判性评估技能方面有中等程度的信心提升。
本研究表明，EBP 培训在提高 EBP 知识、获取证据和批判性评估技能方面的效果有一定程度的提高。
