Attitudes, Practice and Educational Preferences Towards Evidence-Based Medicine among Physicians in a Large Teaching Hospital.

نویسندگان

  • Zubair Amin
  • Marion Aw
  • Ross Soo
  • Shirley Ooi
  • Pary Sivaraman
  • Yeo Jin Fei
  • Edwin Chan
  • Lim Seng Gee
چکیده

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is an emerging must-know topic for today's physicians. The present literature is inadequate in identifying the attitudes, practice, and educational needs and preferred interventions of EBM. The objectives of this survey were to identify a) the attitude toward and practice of EBM among physicians, b) perceived benefits of EBM in daily practice, c) barriers to EBM practice, and d) preferred educational interventions. METHODS This was a questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey of physicians in a single large teaching hospital. RESULTS Overall, 56% of the physician respondents described the attitude towards EBM in their institution as positive. A similar number of physicians also reported the attitude of their colleagues towards EBM as favourable. 67% of the physicians believed EBM was useful in daily management of patients. In contrast, only 45% of the physicians actually practiced EBM in their daily patient management. The factors that discouraged them from actual practice include a lack of time, lack of exposure to EBM during their undergraduate curriculum, lack of endorsement, and fear of criticism by seniors. Physicians preferred less time consuming and less rigorous educational interventions such as clinical practice guidelines, journal club, and case review and discussion for teaching and learning EBM. INTERPRETATION There are disconnects between belief and actual practice and between preferred and ideal educational interventions of EBM among physicians surveyed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Medical education online

دوره 12 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007