Journal article
Attitudes and barriers to evidence-based practice in optometry educators
CM Suttle, KL Challinor, RE Thompson, K Pesudovs, L Togher, N Chiavaroli, A Lee, B Junghans, F Stapleton, K Watt, I Jalbert
Optometry and Vision Science | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2015
Abstract
Purpose. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an essential component of good quality, patient-centered health care. This requires practitioners to acquire EBP skills and knowledge during undergraduate and continuing education. Evidence-based practice education exists in a range of health care disciplines, including optometry. Evidence-based practice education, however, depends on relevant skills and knowledge in educators. Courses and workshops exist for the development of EBP teaching skills in some areas of health care but not in optometry. Here, we describe a pilot workshop designed to enhance the teaching of EBP and to investigate the perspectives of optometric educators on EBP including the..
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Awarded by Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching Grant
Funding Acknowledgements
Funding was provided by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching Grant Project ID11-1988. This work was presented in part at the American Academy of Optometry Annual meeting held in Seattle, WA, on October 23 to 26, 2013. We thank Mr. Duncan Smith and Mr. Tim Salmon from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New South Wales for providing the facilities and IT support for the workshop. Professor Rob Jacobs, Associate Professor Peter Hendicott, and Dr. Michael Pianta provided expert feedback on the EBPAS scale.