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

NCT ID: NCT03707119

Last Updated: 2018-10-16

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

70 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-15

Study Completion Date

2018-06-15

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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Undergraduate Health Professional Students

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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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.

Educational programme

Intervention Type OTHER

the health professional students were undergone to Student 4 Best Evidence blog, as a specific educational programme to learn EBP competencies.

Interventions

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Educational programme

the health professional students were undergone to Student 4 Best Evidence blog, as a specific educational programme to learn EBP competencies.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* undergraduate physiotherapist students of the first year
* both genders

Exclusion Criteria

* N/A
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Chiara Arienti

MSc and PhD(s)

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Chiara Arienti, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi

Locations

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Centro "E. Spalenza" - Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi

Rovato, Brescia, Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Italy

References

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Arienti C, Lazzarini SG, Pollet J, Negrini S. Students 4 Best Evidence as a digital Problem-Based Learning method to improve Evidence-Based Practice competencies in undergraduate physiotherapy students: an observational study. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2021 Oct;26(5):251-252. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2020-111395. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33087451 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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S4BE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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