Clinical Effectiveness and Evidence Based Practice Questionnaire (EBPQ) Fields marked with an * are required This questionnaire is designed to gather information This questionnaire is designed to gather information and opinions on the use of evidence-based practice amongst health professionals. There are no right or wrong answers for we are interested in your opinions and your own use of evidence in your practice. HTML By completing the following evaluation questionnaire, your journal club will receive feedback on the effects of your journal club to assist with future continuous improvement for your service. You will also have access to additional journal club resources on this website. The evaluation will take approximately 5 minutes before your participation and 15 minutes after your participation. Completion of this evaluation implies that you agree for your de-identified responses to be used as part of an international research study aiming to help health professionals to use journal clubs and evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes. Further information about this study and its investigators is available I consent to take part in this research as outlined in the linked information * Considering your practice in relation to an individual patient’s care over the past year Considering your practice in relation to an individual patient’s care over the past year, how often have you done the following in response to a gap in your knowledge Formulated a clearly answerable question as the beginning of the process towards filling this gap * 1 - Never 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Frequently Tracked down the relevant evidence once you have formulated the question: * 1 - Never 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Frequently Critically appraised, against set criteria, any literature you have discovered: * 1 - Never 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Frequently Integrated the evidence you have found with your expertise: * 1 - Never 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Frequently Evaluated the outcomes of your practice: * 1 - Never 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Frequently Shared this information with colleagues: * 1 - Never 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Frequently Please indicate Please indicate where on the scale you would place yourself for each of the following pairs of statements: * 1 - My workload is too great for me to keep up to date with all the new evidence 2 3 4 5 6 7 - New evidence is so important that I make the time in my work schedule * 1 - I resent having my clinical practice questioned 2 3 4 5 6 7 - I welcome questions on my practice * 1 - Evidence based practice is a waste of time 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Evidence based practice is fundamental to professional practice * 1 - I stick to tried and trusted methods rather than changing to anything new 2 3 4 5 6 7 - My practice has changed because of evidence I have found On a scale of 1 to 7 On a scale of 1 to 7 (with 7 being the best) how would you rate your: Research Skills 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best IT Skills 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Monitoring and reviewing of practice skills 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Converting your information needs into a research question 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Awareness of major information types and sources 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Ability to identify gaps in your professional practice 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Knowledge of how to retrieve evidence 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Ability to analyse critically evidence against set standards 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Ability to determine how valid (close to the truth) the material is 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Ability to determine how useful (clinically applicable) the material is 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Ability to apply information to individual cases 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Sharing of ideas and information with colleagues 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Dissemination of new ideas about care to colleagues 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Ability to review your own practice 1 - Poor 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Best Finally, some information about you Finally, some information about you: How many years of clinical experience do you have? < 2 years 2 < 5 5 - 10 10 - 15 > 15 Years What is your profession? Doctor Nurse Dietician Social Worker Psychologist Occupational Therapist Speech Pathologist Physiotherapist Pharmacist Medical Imaging Other What practice setting do you currently work in? Community Setting Outpatient service attached to hospital Inpatient acute Inpatient subacute (e.g., rehabilitation) Public Health Other What is your main patient population you work with Adult Paediatric I work with an equal proportion of both adult and paediatric patients Do you have any higher research degrees? Masters of Research PhD Other Your Sex Female Male Other/rather not disclose Your Age Range 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+ Have you received any formal EBP training before? Yes No Please use this space to write any comments you wish. If you are a human seeing this field, please leave it empty.
