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Background: Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a part of many medical school and residency curriculum worldwide, but there is little research into the most effective methods to teach these skills.
Aims: To evaluate whether a course on EBM utilizing adult learning principles leads to attitudinal, confidence, and behavioural change.
Methods: Sixty-seven (67) clinical teachers attended two half-day workshop on EBM. Participants completed pre- and post-course 5-point Likert questionnaires. We performed nonparametric two-sample Wilcoxon Rank-Sum tests to compare responses.
Results: Attitudes about EBM improved (3.2 pre-course vs. 3.3 post-course, P = 0.01), as well as self-reported EBM skills (3.0 vs. 3.5 P < 0.001). Seventy-two percent of residents reported having met at least one of their two goals for the integration of EBM into their practice. There was not any significant differences between both sex in view of attitude but we found a significant differences in skills (P = 0.001).
Conclusions: An EBM workshop based upon adult learning principles was successful in meeting multiple educational goals. The links between learnersÂ’ internal drive for behaviour change and successful EBM education should be further explored.
Aims: To evaluate whether a course on EBM utilizing adult learning principles leads to attitudinal, confidence, and behavioural change.
Methods: Sixty-seven (67) clinical teachers attended two half-day workshop on EBM. Participants completed pre- and post-course 5-point Likert questionnaires. We performed nonparametric two-sample Wilcoxon Rank-Sum tests to compare responses.
Results: Attitudes about EBM improved (3.2 pre-course vs. 3.3 post-course, P = 0.01), as well as self-reported EBM skills (3.0 vs. 3.5 P < 0.001). Seventy-two percent of residents reported having met at least one of their two goals for the integration of EBM into their practice. There was not any significant differences between both sex in view of attitude but we found a significant differences in skills (P = 0.001).
Conclusions: An EBM workshop based upon adult learning principles was successful in meeting multiple educational goals. The links between learnersÂ’ internal drive for behaviour change and successful EBM education should be further explored.