Does research training change allied health clinicians’ evidence‐based
practice?
Anna Wong Shee,1,2 Renee Clapham,1 Owen Howlett,3,4 Olivia King,5 Marcus Gardner,3 Drew Aras,6 Vincent Versace2
1. Ballarat Health Services 2. Deakin University 3. Bendigo Health 4. LaTrobe University 5. Barwon Health 6. Western Alliance
Patient outcomes improve with evidence‐based practice
Research skills can help close the evidence‐practice gap
Substantial lag between generation of
evidence to it becoming usual practice
EOI
Two workshops
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research question, PICO, protocol‐
audit, interviews/focus groups, survey‐
project presentations‐
reviewing and critiquingMentors
23 item evidence‐based practice – knowledge, attitudes and practices survey (EBP‐KAP)
Ritchie (2018)
One‐to‐one semi‐structured
interviews
EBP‐KAP survey (N=31)
Domain Score Mean (SD)
Knowledge 85.65 (7.37)
Attitudes 81.89 (8.38)
Professional practice and learning 77.69 (7.94)
Information retrieval 75.13 (10.06)
Interviews (N=8)
• valued the skills and knowledge gained
- database searching, structured approach to developing a research protocol
• advantages of social nature of the program
- networking with other clinician researchers, opportunities for peer learning, support during the program and beyond
Interactive with teams, able to
feed off each other and develop
new ideas
Support for developing a project very much
appreciated
Practice the key learnings on our
own research projects
Acknowledgements
Laura Alston, Alison Beauchamp, Belinda Bilney, Jaclyn Bishop, Katherine Cape, Jeremy Caunt, Deb Greenslade, Andrea Hernan, Kylie McKenzie, Deepa Kuriachan, Kevin McNamara, Deb Pascoe, Genevieve Pepin, Gemma Siemensma,
Dana Sullivan, Sevi Vassos
