Susanne G Barnett, Marina L Maes, Edward C Portillo, Shweta R Shah
Instrument development to determine student self-efficacy to present a patient to a pharmacy preceptor (4P)
Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning
assess us dental hygiene educators evidencebased practice ebp knowledge attitude access confidence determine whether correlation exists assessment scores level education length teaching teaching setting didactic clinical crosssectional survey conducted sample dental hygiene faculty 334 us dental hygiene schools anova pearson correlation coefficient statistical analysis utilized investigate relationships demographic variables application evidencebased principles patient care study involved nonprobability sample n124 since total faculty among us dental hygiene schools determined analysis demonstrated positive correlation ebp knowledge access confidence scores indicating knowledge scores increased confidence access scores r0313 p001 r0189 p005 respectively study findings also revealed faculty held advanced educational degrees scored significantly higher ebp knowledge f3120281 p004 confidence f3120726 p000 study suggests level ebp knowledge attitude access confidence increases additional education therefore ebp training may necessary faculty possess advanced education results study indicate incorporation ebp dental hygiene curricula may occur dental hygiene educators knowledge ebp increases turn could enhance students acquisition ebp skills application ebp principles toward patient care