EBP Confidence and Behavior Throughout PT Edu

Education Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evidence-based Practice Confidence and Behavior Throughout the Curriculum of Four Physical Therapy Education Programs: A Longitudinal Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05868018
• Other study ID #: Pro20140000413
• Status: Completed
• Start date: July 22, 2014
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aimed to describe changes in EBP confidence and behavior of students from four physical therapy education programs throughout their curriculum using the Evidence-Based Practice Confidence (EPIC) Scale and the Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Scale (EBPIS).

Description:

Introduction Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a foundational process taught in health professional education, yet it is unclear when EBP confidence and skills are obtained.

Review of Literature Increases in EBP confidence and behaviors from the start of physical therapy programs to post graduation have been reported in studies that evaluated a single program or used non-valid questionnaires. This study aimed to describe changes in EBP confidence and behavior of students from four physical therapy education programs throughout their curriculum.

Subjects Two hundred sixty-nine physical therapy students were recruited across 4 PT programs (3 in US and 1 in Canada).

Methods Students completed the Evidence-Based Practice Confidence (EPIC) Scale and the Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Scale (EBPIS) at 6 timepoints: start of the program, prior to first clinical experience, after first clinical experience, at the end of classroom instruction, graduation, and one year post. Medians (Mdn) and 25th and 75th percentiles (P25, P75) were calculated for 42 (23.2%) students with complete data across all timepoints. Change between timepoints was assessed using Friedman's test and Wilcoxon signed rank test with a Bonferroni correction for post hoc analysis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 269
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: August 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• students enrolled in the 4 selected physical therapy programs

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Education
• Evidence Based Practice
• Physical Therapy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Education
This was an observational study of changes in evidence based confidence and behavior across 4 physical therapy programs. Students received their typical physical therapy education and we measured changes in evidence based practice confidence and behaviors across programs throughout the curriculum.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	Chatham University, Sacred Heart University, University of Toronto

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Evidence Based Practice Confidence	10 item questionnaire	4 years
Primary	Evidence Based Practice Behavior	18 item questionnaire	3 years