Kay Caldwell|Kate Coleman|Gina Copp|Linda Bell|Fery Ghazi
Preparing for professional practice: How well does professional training equip health and social care practitioners to engage in evidence-based practice?
Middlesex University|Middlesex University|Middlesex University|Middlesex University|Middlesex University
paper reports findings study aimed explore relevant initial training relation evidencebased practice explore perceptions recently qualified practitioners confidence engage evidencebased practice crosssectional postal survey used ascertain views nurses social workers occupational therapists physiotherapists qualified longer two years prior survey qualified one three london universities fifty questionnaires sent professional group sample 200 overall 43 response rate achieved results show clear discrepancy generally positive attitudes towards evidencebased practice value research evidence infrequency actually make use research resources engage evidencebased practice number constraints engagement accessing utilising evidence identified