Evidence‐based dentistry can effectively be taught to dental care professional students – A mixed methods study

Abstract

A 1-day bespoke programme in EBD increased students' confidence and knowledge in EBD skills. However, the findings further suggest that two successive half-day training sessions instead of one full-day training, tied in with coursework that requires the application of the acquired skills, may increase the learning experience further.

The Contents, Methods, and Assessment of Evidence-Based Dentistry Education: A Scoping Review

“…The Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) was used as a template for dental students to critically appraise different types of articles. 22,40 A basic literature analysis instrument, the Literature Analysis Form (LAF), has been in continuous use in the Skills in Assessing the Professional Literature (SAPL) curriculum at New York University, 41,42 so was a modified version used in Howard University. 20 According to Grant, 15 the worksheet from the AMA Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice provided a rapid means of assessing relevant studies for clinical practice in journal-based learning.…”

“…Among the included articles, the Likert scale, 25-27, 31, 33, 34, 40, 49, 53, 54, 57, 59, 68, 69 multiple-choice questions 40,54,70 and open-ended questions 26,66 were the most often used formats in questionnaire surveys. Various forms of assignments and examinations (written tasks, oral presentations, simulation exercises, portfolios, and pre-post knowledge tests) were used to accomplish the learning goals.…”

“…22,24,29,55,75 Interviews contained debriefing luncheons and focus group discussions. 40,65 The rubrics, made up of pre-established criteria, formally specified scoring guidelines to assess students' performance. 9,47,74,76 For rubrics, assessment activities were designed in conformity with the evolving teaching contents.…”

Dental hygiene students’ participation as subjects in a randomized controlled trial: A full evidence‐based dentistry experience

“…A PubMed search on “dental hygienists” and “teaching” OR “research” returned 17 citations. Some were policy statements such as those shown above and a few were of the “we should do this” or “this is how we do it” variety 9–12 . The 12 empirically‐based publications all used surveys 13–21 .…”

“…Some were policy statements such as those shown above and a few were of the "we should do this" or "this is how we do it" variety. [9][10][11][12] The 12 empirically-based publications all used surveys. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] These were primarily requests for current students or recent graduates to report whether they felt competent to use research or their attitude toward the relevance of research to practice.…”