title: The effect of education with workplace supports on practitioners' evidence-based practice knowledge and implementation behaviours.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Individual and workplace barriers affect uptake of evidence-based practice (EBP). This study evaluated the effects of a 1-day workshop with workplace supports on allied health professionals' EBP knowledge and behaviour.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective longitudinal pre-post design was used. A total of 88 allied health professionals participated. Knowledge was measured using the Adapted Fresno Test (AFT), behaviour was measured using frequency counts of presentations using EBP methodologies and critically appraised topics (CATs) were produced. Mean differences were analysed using paired t-tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  EBP knowledge significantly improved immediately after education on the AFT (from 36.67 to 46.84/156) a mean change of 10.17 points (95% confidence interval (CI): 7.19-13.50) (P <0.001). Behaviour also changed over 18 months. EBP content in presentations increased from 3 to 100% (t = 24.39, P <0.001, 95%CI: 0.86-1.03). CATs produced significantly increased by 0.26 per head (t =5.55, P <0.001, 95% CI: 0.17-0.35).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Education with workplace supports (supervision, incentives, resource allocation and working groups) may lead to improvements in EBP knowledge and implementation.
authors.affiliation: Cerebral Palsy Institute, School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame, Australia, Darlinghurst, NSW 1300, Australia. inovak@tscnsw.org.au
authors.forename: Iona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Novak
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McIntyre
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004493:Education; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*; D017132:Workplace