Does a one-day workshop improve clinical faculty's comfort and behaviour in practising and teaching evidence-based medicine? A Canadian mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a 1-day evidence-based medicine (EBM) workshop on physician attitudes and behaviours around teaching and practicing EBM.

Design

A mixed methods study using a before/after cohort.

Setting

A medical school delivering continuing professional development to 1250 clinical faculty over a large geographic area in Canada.

Participants

105 physician clinical faculty members.

Intervention

A 1-day workshop presented at 11 different sites over an 18-month period focusing on EBM skills for teaching and clinical practice.

Outcome measures

(1) A quantitative survey administered immediately before and after the workshop, and 3-6 months later, to assess the hypothesis that comfort with teaching and

SUBMITTER: Allen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734352 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature