SynthesisBMC medical education2016
Effectiveness of training in evidence-based medicine skills for healthcare professionals: a systematic review.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Similar Outcomes of Web-Based and Face-to-Face Training of the GRADE Approach for the Certainty of Evidence: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
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- Spotlight on mentoring undergraduate medical students using evidence-based medicine.BMC medical education · 2026Review
- Educational interventions for improving health-related literature searching skills of health professionals and students.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Healthcare providers' perspectives and needs related to the management of Pediatric Feeding Disorder: A focus group study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Newborn screening and referral for congenital anomalies by lay health workers in Pakistan: a mixed-methods study to evaluate the effectiveness of a co-created educational intervention.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Critically appraised topic (CAT) groups to improve the capability of healthcare staff to translate research findings into practice: A critical reflection.Health information and libraries journal · 2025Article
- Evaluation of chiropractic students' perspectives on back pain management following one of three clinical evidence-based educational training interventions: a cluster-randomized trial.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2025Article
- The Strategies Timeline and Activities Reporting Tables: Improving HIV Care by Improving the Reporting of Implementation Strategies.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- IdentIRCCS. The description of healthcare professionals employed within IRCCS University Hospital of Bologna.Frontiers in public health · 2025Observational
- Evaluation of an evidence-based practice education workshop focused on critical appraisal for advanced practice nurses: A before-after intervention study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- The Difficulty Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in the Perioperative Setting.Anesthesia and analgesia · 2024Article
- Do we really apply evidence-based-recommendations to spine surgery? Results of an international survey.Neurosurgical review · 2024Article
- Impact of Cluster Nursing Intervention on ICU Patients' Psychological Well-Being and Complications Associated with Tracheal Intubation and Extubation.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- Implementation support for the data-driven components of care in a multisite network of coordinated specialty care programs.Translational behavioral medicine · 2024Article
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- The Reporting and Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews Underpinning Clinical Practice Guidelines Focused on the Management of Cutaneous Melanoma: Cross-Sectional Analysis.JMIR dermatology · 2023Article
- Investigating attitudes, skills, and use of evidence-based practice among Norwegian chiropractors; a national cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundBasic skills in evidence-based medicine (EbM) are indispensable for healthcare professionals to promote consumer-centred, evidence-based treatment. EbM training courses are complex interventions - a fact that has not been methodologically reflected by previous systematic reviews. This review evaluates the effects of EbM training for healthcare professionals as well as the quality of reporting of such training interventions.
methodsWe searched PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, ERIC, Campbell Library and PsycINFO up to 9/2014. Randomised controlled trials, controlled clinical trials as well as before-after trials were included. Authors were contacted in order to obtain missing data. Two independent reviewers extracted data and assessed risk of bias.
resultsWe reviewed 14.507 articles; n = 61 appeared potentially eligible; n = 13 involving 1,120 participants were included. EbM training shows some impact on knowledge and skills, whereas the impact on practical EbM application remains unclear. Risk of bias of included trials raises uncertainty about the effects. Description of complex interventions was poor.
conclusionsEbM training has some positive effects on knowledge and skills of healthcare professionals. Appropriate methods for development, piloting, evaluation, reporting and implementation of the training should be applied.
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