For example, half of the participants had discussed a research article informally with a colleague during the previous 8 weeks and around a third had read and critically appraised a research article and communicated evidence from a research study to a patient/relative or told a colleague about a clinical guideline.
Over 60% did not read, and over 80% did not appraise any research literature.
In the EBP Implementation Scale questions are linked to actual use of EBP in professional performance measuring the essential components and steps of EBP, for example, how often have you, "critically appraised evidence from a research study?", or "used evidence to change my clinical practice.
Managing information at the point of care requires different skills than traditional evidence-based medicine (EBM) as taught in most medical schools [ 6] In traditional EBM, the learner develops a clinical question, performs a literature search, selects and appraises an appropriate research study, and draws conclusions.
It will provide a research framework when appraising, reporting and conducting oral health RCTs.
The practitioners then need to develop skills to conduct an efficient literature search; critically appraise the research evidence; apply the literature findings appropriately to the patient problem; and then evaluate the application of evidence.
Appraisal is time consuming and researchers (and funders) should consider why we appraise qualitative research.
Forty per cent had read and critically appraised a clinical research study during the last 8 weeks and 34% had shared evidence from a research study with a patient/family member.
This design can be used by any residency program in similar settings for teaching and assessing resident's ability to critically appraise research as a core competency.
It is the editors, reviewers, and readers' responsibility to appraise the research reports, before translating the results into clinical practice.
