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Evidence-based Health Care Continuing Education Seminars Improve Academic Staff Knowledge and Attitudes in Saudi Arabia
Objective: To assess the influence of a monthly evidence-based health care (EBHC) seminar series on academic staff knowledge, attitudes, and barriers regarding EBHC practice. Methodology: All academic staff in the College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS), King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, were s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24353612 |
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author | M. Bindawas, Saad |
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description | Objective: To assess the influence of a monthly evidence-based health care (EBHC) seminar series on academic staff knowledge, attitudes, and barriers regarding EBHC practice. Methodology: All academic staff in the College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS), King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, were sent a validated web-based survey. The survey contained 35 items regarding 3 domains: knowledge (14 items), attitudes (11 items), and barrier factors (10 items). A 5-point Likert scale was used and descriptive statistics were generated for demographic data and participants’ responses to each item. Results: Among academic staff at CAMS, 79 of 198 (40%) completed the survey. Among the survey respondents, 58% had attended at least one EBHC seminar. Those who had attended at least one seminar had better knowledge of 8 items compared with those who did not attend any seminars (P<.05). Academic staff members who attended at least one seminar were more likely to have a positive attitude regarding EBHC. Insufficient time was the only factor that significantly differed between the 2 groups, serving as a barrier to EBHC practice. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that EBHC seminars may improve the abilities and skills of academic staff for using EBHC. |
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spelling | pubmed-38092792013-12-18 Evidence-based Health Care Continuing Education Seminars Improve Academic Staff Knowledge and Attitudes in Saudi Arabia M. Bindawas, Saad Pak J Med Sci Original Article Objective: To assess the influence of a monthly evidence-based health care (EBHC) seminar series on academic staff knowledge, attitudes, and barriers regarding EBHC practice. Methodology: All academic staff in the College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS), King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, were sent a validated web-based survey. The survey contained 35 items regarding 3 domains: knowledge (14 items), attitudes (11 items), and barrier factors (10 items). A 5-point Likert scale was used and descriptive statistics were generated for demographic data and participants’ responses to each item. Results: Among academic staff at CAMS, 79 of 198 (40%) completed the survey. Among the survey respondents, 58% had attended at least one EBHC seminar. Those who had attended at least one seminar had better knowledge of 8 items compared with those who did not attend any seminars (P<.05). Academic staff members who attended at least one seminar were more likely to have a positive attitude regarding EBHC. Insufficient time was the only factor that significantly differed between the 2 groups, serving as a barrier to EBHC practice. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that EBHC seminars may improve the abilities and skills of academic staff for using EBHC. Professional Medical Publicaitons 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3809279/ /pubmed/24353612 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article M. Bindawas, Saad Evidence-based Health Care Continuing Education Seminars Improve Academic Staff Knowledge and Attitudes in Saudi Arabia |
title | Evidence-based Health Care Continuing Education Seminars Improve Academic Staff Knowledge and Attitudes in Saudi Arabia |
title_full | Evidence-based Health Care Continuing Education Seminars Improve Academic Staff Knowledge and Attitudes in Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | Evidence-based Health Care Continuing Education Seminars Improve Academic Staff Knowledge and Attitudes in Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | Evidence-based Health Care Continuing Education Seminars Improve Academic Staff Knowledge and Attitudes in Saudi Arabia |
title_short | Evidence-based Health Care Continuing Education Seminars Improve Academic Staff Knowledge and Attitudes in Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | evidence-based health care continuing education seminars improve academic staff knowledge and attitudes in saudi arabia |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24353612 |
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