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

October 12, 2018 updated by: Chiara Arienti, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus

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

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

70

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Italy
    • Brescia
      • Rovato, Brescia, Italy, 25038
        • Centro "E. Spalenza" - Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

70 undergraduate physiotherapist students of the first year, of both genders, were included. Mean age was 20.48+/-3.20 years, 66% male.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • undergraduate physiotherapist students of the first year
  • both genders

Exclusion Criteria:

  • N/A

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
S4BE
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
the health professional students were undergone to Student 4 Best Evidence blog, as a specific educational programme to learn EBP competencies.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Chiara Arienti, PhD, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 15, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 30, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

June 15, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 8, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 12, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

October 16, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 16, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 12, 2018

Last Verified

October 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • S4BE

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

IPD are available in the archive of Rehabilitation Centre "E. Spalenza".

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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