Introduction: Financial literacy refers to knowledge and skills related to effective and informed money management decisions. Healthcare professionals graduate with some of the highest student loan debt level. They complete their graduation with minimal unbiased financial planning guidance. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of seminar based approach on the level of financial literacy among dental students of Vadodara, Gujarat, India. Materials and Methods: This prospective interventional study was conducted in Vadodara, Gujarat, India from May 2021 to October 2021. The data was collected from 332 participants through a closed ended questionnaire which included 83 statements related to banking, alternate banking, investment and income and expenditure. The data was assessed using Paired t test to assess the effectiveness of financial education seminar at 95% confidence level. The software used was IBM Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) Version 21.0 for Windows. Results: This study included 332 interns and postgraduate students, of which 209 participants were female while 123 participants were male. There was a significant difference in the knowledge of students on various financial aspects covered in the study before and after the seminar with respect to gender, age and category of students (p-value<0.05). There was a significant difference in the knowledge of participants before and after the seminar on financial literacy (p-value<0.001). Conclusion: The result shows that the score of the participants improved after the 90 minutes seminar which will helpful to them for their future long-term investment decisions

Objectives: The present study is to assess the Knowledge of Evidence Based Healthcare amongst healthcare professionals of Vadodara in India. Methods/Statistical analysis: A cross-sectional design as the study evaluates the present level of knowledge towards the practice of evidence-based healthcare among 186 healthcare professionals through a structured closeended questionnaire in April 2019. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 21 and an independent-sample t-test was carried out to evaluate the difference in the level of knowledge among the healthcare professionals based on gender. Findings: The mean difference in the score among males and females of the on evidence-based healthcare is -2.794 indicating that the knowledge of the female respondents was more than male respondents. The significant p-value (less than 0.05) and confidence interval (narrow and one-sided) shows there is a significant difference in knowledge of evidence-based healthcare among males and females. The present study concludes that the level of knowledge among the healthcare professionals is low related to the practice of evidence-based healthcare and proper interventional methods must be designed to enhance their knowledge. The knowledge would help them to have a positive attitude towards the practice of evidence-based healthcare. Novelty: Evidence based healthcare caught the interest of healthcare professionals since a decade. The study aims to address the knowledge of the healthcare professionals towards this emerging concept to keep them abreast with the emerging trends in the global scenario.

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