Evidence-searching capability among health care professionals: a comparative study.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101088679 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1472-6920 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14726920 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Med Educ Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001-
    • Subject Terms:
      Evidence-Based Medicine* ; Information Literacy* ; Information Seeking Behavior*; Health Personnel/*standards; Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Information Storage and Retrieval ; Male ; Pilot Projects ; Taiwan
    • Abstract:
      Background: Evidence-based practice is among core competencies of health care professionals (HCPs). However, the levels of evidence-searching capability may differ among various disciplines of HCPs as they receive different education and trainings for various durations in medical schools and teaching hospitals.
      Methods: This study aimed to compare the evidence-searching capability among different disciplines of HCPs and identify which aspects need to be reinforced. From a teaching hospital, we recruited 80 HCPs of various disciplines and compared their evidence-searching capability by using a validated scale. To examine if sex and education levels affect evidence-searching capability, we performed a multiple linear regression analysis with collinearity diagnostics.
      Results: Physicians and pharmacists performed significantly better than other disciplines in the seven formative assessment items and the summative item (all P < 0.05). No collinearity was detected between discipline and age nor level of education. Except for the 2nd formative assessment item (correlation coefficient 0.24 ± 0.12, P = 0.04), participant's levels of education did not affect evidence-searching capability. Age was associated with lower evidence-searching capability in five formative and the summative assessment items.
      Conclusions: We found a better evidence-searching capability among physicians and pharmacists than other HCPs who may require more training on evidence-searching skills. Also, evidence-searching skills training should be provided to HCPs irrespective of age and education levels.
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    • Grant Information:
      MOST 104-2511-S-182-004 Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Evidence‐based medicine; Information seeking behavior; Information storage and retrieval; Knowledge acquisition
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20210226 Date Completed: 20210309 Latest Revision: 20210309
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      PMC7908732
    • Accession Number:
      10.1186/s12909-021-02565-3
    • Accession Number:
      33632185