This made computer science more approachable for entry-level students.
The effectiveness of EBP education has been explored predominantly in the medical and nursing professions and more commonly in post-graduate than entry-level students.
The K-REC instrument was designed to assess the cognitive EBP skills of novice learners (entry-level students) irrespective of their professional discipline.
Multiple mini-interviews have been used to assess non-cognitive characteristics of entry-level students and latterly postgraduate trainees, and were an assessment innovation based on the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) format [ 10].
The issue with pre-existing tools is that for novice learners, the relevance of the scenario questions and a floor effect is likely to be the issue especially with entry-level students in the early years of their programs.
Two cohorts of entry-level students were recruited for the pilot study, those who had been exposed to EBP training (physiotherapy students, n = 24), and who had not been exposed to EBP training (human movement students, n = 76).
While it is clear that entry-level students should be able to critically analyse and evaluate the usefulness of research in disciplines such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy [ 26, 27], there is currently no consensus about what statistical content should be included in entry-level health professional curricula.
In disciplines outside of medicine and nursing such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy, there are a number of studies reporting the learning outcomes of EBP education in clinicians or post-graduate students [ 7, 8], with fewer studies available for entry-level students [ 9, 10].
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The K-REC instrument is a valid and reliable evaluation instrument of cognitive skills of EBP in entry-level student health professionals.
So the entry level of students changed over the years between 2005 and 2014.
