Nadira A Al-Baghli
Directorate of Health Affairs, KSA
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Primary Health Care
Objectives: To assess the effect of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) workshop on knowledge and skills of physicians towards EBM use in the near future as well as in the long run. Methods: This is a randomized controlled trial conducted in the primary health care administration center in Dammam, Saudi Arabia between October and November 2008. Fifty-nine primary care physicians in the intervention group participated in the EBM workshops, while 89 physicians from the control group attended other primary health care activities other than EBM workshop. The main outcome was to measure the change in the participantsâ�� level of awareness and competencies in EBM components (including formulation of questions, literature searching, critical thinking and appraisal) using a pre-designed questionnaire before, immediately after, and 4 months after the workshop. Results: Evidence Based Medicine workshops improved physicianâ��s scores in all components of EBM, from 38.9%�±20.0% at pretest to 81.4%�±10.6% post-test, and sustained this improvement to a lesser degree to 66.8%�±10.0% 4 months post-intervention test (p<0.001 for the differences in all scores). Conclusion: Participating in EBM workshop significantly enhanced physiciansâ�� ability to formulate questions, performed literature search, critical appraisal, and applied best-evidence in clinical practice, which retained up to 4 months post-test.
Nadira A Al-Baghli is a Consultant in Family & Community Medicine. She has completed her graduation from King Faisal University, KSA, and Master’s degree in Medical Education from Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain. She was the Director of Infection Control in Eastern Province, KSA for 5 years. Currently, she is working in consultation clinics in Dammam, Directorate of Health Affairs, EP, KSA. She has published more than 15 papers in reputed journals about chronic diseases and medical education programs. She has special interests in biostatistics, EBM, and infection control.
Email: nadiraa@windowslive.com
