Improving the Assessment of Evidence Informed Health Care Competence: A Five Step Approach

TitleImproving the Assessment of Evidence Informed Health Care Competence: A Five Step Approach
Faculty/College/UnitMedicine
StatusCompleted
Duration2 Year
Initiation04/01/2016
Completion09/30/2019
Funding Details
Year 1: Project YearYear 1
Year 1: Funding Year2016/2017
Year 1: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 1: Principal InvestigatorAlison Greig
Year 1: Funded Amount21,540
Year 1: Team Members

Alison Greig, Senior Instructor, Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
Diana Dawes, Clinical Associate Professor, Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
Shayna Rusticus, Statistical Analyst, Evaluation Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine
Martin Dawes, Head, Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
Charlotte Beck, Reference Librarian, Woodward Library
Cameron Ross, Assistant Professor, Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
Alison Hoens, Knowledge Broker / Clinical Professor, Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Year 1: Summary

Recently, considerable attention has been placed on the importance of improving the teaching of evidence informed health care (EIHC) skills across all professions at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Beginning in 2014-15, the West coast Interprofessional Clinical Knowledge Evidence Disseminator (WICKED) team developed, and is currently evaluating, five interactive online modules to teach EIHC to UBC health professional students. This process identified a gap in reliable and valid tools for assessing EIHC competence. This project aims to develop a set of tools that will meaningfully assess student competence in EIHC across all five steps of the EIHC model, and will be designed so that each step can be assessed individually or as a complete set. A set of tools that can fully and validly assess students’ competence in EIHC can enhance student learning and assist instructors to better prepare and train students to be effective EIHC practitioners in future clinical practice.

Year 1: TLEF ShowcaseYear 1: TLEF Showcase
Year 2: Project YearYear 2
Year 2: Funding Year2017/2018
Year 2: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 2: Principal InvestigatorAlison Greig
Year 2: Funded Amount17,500
Year 2: Team Members

Alison Greig, Senior Instructor, Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
Shayna Rusticus, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
Diana Dawes, Clinical Associate Professor, Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
Charlotte Beck, Reference Librarian, Woodward Library
Alison Hoens, Knowledge Broker / Clinical Professor, Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
Martin Dawes, Head, Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
Cameron Ross, Assistant Professor, Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine

Year 2: Summary

Considerable attention has been placed on the importance of improving the teaching of evidence informed health care (EIHC) skills across all health professions at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. A review of the EIHC assessment literature has identified a gap in reliable and valid tools for assessing EIHC competence. This project aims to develop and preliminarily validate a set of online tools, based on clinical scenarios and virtual patient cases. The intention is that these tools will be applicable to multiple health professions, and will assess student competence (knowledge and skills) in all five steps of the EIHC model. These assessments are being designed so that each step can be assessed individually or as a complete set. A set of tools that can provide a reliable and valid assessment of student competence in EIHC can enhance student learning and assist instructors to better prepare and train students to be effective EIHC practitioners in future clinical practice.

Year 2: TLEF ShowcaseYear 2: TLEF Showcase
Project Report2017-TLEF-SP-Final-Greig-WEB.pdf