%0 Journal Article
%T Evidence based practice profiles: Differences among allied health professions
%A Maureen P McEvoy
%A Marie T Williams
%A Timothy S Olds
%J BMC Medical Education
%D 2010
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1472-6920-10-69
%X The Evidence-Based Practice Profile (EBP2) questionnaire assessed five domains (Relevance, Terminology, Practice, Confidence, Sympathy) in 918 subjects from five professional disciplines. One and 2-way factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-tests analysed differences based on prior exposure to EBP, stage of training, professional discipline, age and gender.There were significant differences between stages of training (p < 0.001) for all domains and between EBP exposure groups for all but one domain (Sympathy). Professional discipline groups differed for Relevance, Terminology, Practice (p < 0.001) and Confidence (p = 0.006). Males scored higher for Confidence (p = 0.002) and females for Sympathy (p = 0.04), older subjects (> 24 years) scored higher for all domains (p < 0.05). Age and exposure affected all domains (p < 0.02). Differences in stages of training largely explained age-related differences in Confidence and Practice (p ¡Ü 0.001) and exposure-related differences in Confidence, Practice and Sympathy (p ¡Ü 0.023).Across five allied health professions, self-report EBP characteristics varied with EBP exposure, across stages of training, with profession and with age.The provision of training in the five steps of evidence based practice (EBP): ask, acquire, appraise, apply and analyse/adjust, are seen as the key skills required for life-long learning for professional decision-making [1]. While much of the early drive toward incorporating evidence into clinical practice occurred in medicine (evidence- based medicine approach), this concept now extends to allied health and social care professions [1]. While the past focus for EBP has been training of health graduates within the health workplace, more recently the importance of embedding training and evaluation of skills in EBP into undergraduate curricula, has been recognised [2].With longer life expectancy, availability of advanced medical care and associated rising health care costs, EBP has been embraced by
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