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Six-Month Follow-up of a Regional Evidence-based Practice Fellowship Program
Son Chae Kim1, Jaynelle F Stichler, Laurie Ecoff
1Author Affiliations: Professor (Dr Kim), St. David's School of Nursing, Texas State University, Round Rock; Professor Emerita, San Diego State University; and Consultant, Research and Professional Development, Sharp Memorial Hospital and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Infants (Dr Stichler); and Director of Research, Education, and Professional Practice (Dr Ecoff), Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego; Director of Nursing Education, Research, and Professional Practice (Dr Gallo), Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa; and EBP/Research Nurse Liaison (Dr Davidson), University of California San Diego Health System, San Diego, California.
Objective:
This study examined a 6-month follow-up of a regional evidence-based practice (EBP) fellowship program and the predictors of EBP adoption at hospital units.
Background:
The immediate beneficial effects of a regional EBP program are known, but the medium-term effects are not certain.
Methods:
A matched pretest/posttest study was conducted using a mailed questionnaire 6 months after the completion of a 9-month regional EBP fellowship program among 3 annual cohorts of participants.
Results:
Statistically significant improvements in the mean scores of EBP beliefs, EBP implementation, and group cohesion were found (P < .05). Of the 47 participants who completed their EBP projects, more than three-quarters reported EBP adoption at their own hospital units, and EBP beliefs were a positive predictor of EBP adoption (odds ratio, 1.12; 95% confidence interval, 1.02-1.22; P = .017).
Conclusions:
The outcome improvements continued 6 months after the fellowship program, and strong EBP beliefs predicted EBP adoption in the participants' units.
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