International web survey of chiropractic students about evidence-based practice: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Positive attitude toward evidence-based practice (EBP) principles in healthcare education may be one of the first steps for motivating a healthcare professional student to later apply EBP principles in clinical decision-making. The objectives for this project were to pilot an international web-based survey of chiropractic students and to describe student attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge about EBP principles.

Methods

We used SurveyMonkey™ to develop our survey based on an existing questionnaire used to measure basic knowledge, skills and beliefs about EBP among allied healthcare professionals and CAM practitioners. We invited 26 chiropractic educational institutions teaching in English and accredited by official organizations to participate. Academic officials a

SUBMITTER: Banzai R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3058064 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature