Comparison of an interactive with a didactic educational intervention for improving the evidence-based practice knowledge of occupational therapists in the public health sector in South Africa: A randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Buchanan, Helen ^a   Siegfried, Nandi ^a,b,c   Jelsma, Jennifer ^a   Lombard, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Educational intervention; Evidence based practice; Occupational therapy; Pragmatic trial; Randomised controlled trial; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIDACTIC EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED DENTISTRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902522609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-216     Document Type: Article

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