Development and validation of a questionnaire to evaluate the effectiveness of evidence-based practice teaching.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to evaluate the effectiveness of evidence-based practice (EBP) teaching.


METHODS
The 152 questionnaires completed by health care professionals with a range of EBP experience were used in this study. Cronbach's alpha for the knowledge and attitude questions indicated a satisfactory level of internal consistency (i.e. >0.60).


RESULTS
The discriminative validity was evidenced by a statistically significant difference in the knowledge and attitude scores of 'novices' (i.e. little or no prior EBP education) compared with 'experts' (i.e. health care professionals and academics currently teaching EBP). Moderate to good (> or =0.4) sensitivity index scores were observed for both knowledge and attitude scores as the result of comparing individuals before and after an EBP intervention.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of this validation study indicate that the developed questionnaire is a satisfactory tool with which to evaluate the effectiveness of EBP teaching interventions.
Taylor
R
R
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Reeves
B
B
Mears
R
R
Keast
J
J
Binns
S
S
Ewings
P
P
Khan
K
K
D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom