Development and validation of the ACE tool: assessing medical trainees' competency in evidence based medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While a variety of instruments have been developed to assess knowledge and skills in evidence based medicine (EBM), few assess all aspects of EBM - including knowledge, skills attitudes and behaviour - or have been psychometrically evaluated. The aim of this study was to develop and validate an instrument that evaluates medical trainees' competency in EBM across knowledge, skills and attitude.

Methods

The 'Assessing Competency in EBM' (ACE) tool was developed by the authors, with content and face validity assessed by expert opinion. A cross-sectional sample of 342 medical trainees representing 'novice', 'intermediate' and 'advanced' EBM trainees were recruited to complete the ACE tool. Construct validity, item difficulty, internal reliability and item discriminati

SUBMITTER: Ilic D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4062508 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature