DOI
https://doi.org/10.18849/ve.v6i1.392Abstract
Abstract
‘EBVM Learning’ is a freely available resource created in 2015 by an international team with the support of RCVS Knowledge. The resource comprises a series of online modules teaching the fundamental concepts of evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) (Ask, Acquire, Appraise, Apply & Assess) supported by case studies, exercises, worked examples and quizzes. The aim of the current study (undertaken in 2019) was to review ‘EBVM Learning’ to ensure its ongoing relevance and usefulness to the range of learners engaged in EBVM. Feedback was gathered from stakeholder groups using website statistics and feedback forms, a survey and semi-structured interviews to provide a combination of quantitative and qualitative data.
Website statistics revealed an international audience and a steady increase in visitors exceeding 1,000 per month in August 2020. Feedback via the online form (n=35) and survey (n=71) indicated that the resource was well structured, with an appropriate level and amount of content, useful examples and quizzes and the majority of respondents would use it again. Semi-structured interviews of educators (n=5) and veterinarians (n=8) identified three themes: features of the ‘EBVM Learning’ resource (strengths, suggestions for improvement), embedding the resource in education (undergraduate, postgraduate) and promoting EBVM (challenges, motivation for engagement). At a project team workshop the results were used to plan updates to the existing content and to identify new ways to promote learning and engagement. An updated version of ‘EBVM Learning’ was developed.
‘EBVM Learning’ is helping to produce the next generation of evidence-based practitioners and enabling to engage in the concepts of EBVM as part of their clinical practice.
References
Antman, E.M., Lau, J., Kupelnick, B., Mosteller, F. & Chalmers, T.C. (1992). A comparison of results of meta-analyses of randomized control trials and recommendations of clinical experts. Treatments for myocardial infarction. Journal of the American Medical Association. 268(2), 240–248. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1992.03490020088036
Arlt, S.P., Haimerl, P. & Heuwieser, W. (2012). Training Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine by Collaborative Development of Critically Appraised Topics. Journal of Veterinary of Medical Education. 39(2), 111–118. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jvme.1111.112R
Armitage-Chan, E. (2020). Best practice in supporting professional identity formation: Use of a professional reasoning framework. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 47(2), 125–136. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0218-019r
BestBETs for Vets. Available from: http://www.bestbetsforvets.org/
Braun, V. & Clarke, V. (2012). Thematic analysis. In: Cooper, H., Camic, P.M., Long, D.L., Panter, A.T., Rindskopf, D. & Sher, K.J. (Eds.), APA handbook of research methods in psychology. Vol. 2. Research designs: Quantitative, qualitative, neuropsychological, and biological (p. 57-71). American Psychological Association. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/13620-004
Brennan, M.L., Arlt, S.P., Belshaw, Z., Buckley, L., Corah, L., Doit, H., Fajt, V.R., Grindlay, D.J.C., Moberly, H.K., Morrow, L.D., Stavisky, J. & White, C. (2020). Critically Appraised Topics (CATs) in Veterinary Medicine: Applying Evidence in Clinical Practice. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00314
Dean, R., Brennan, M., Ewers, R., Hudson, C., Daly, J.M., Baillie, S., Eisler, M.C., Place, E.J., Brearley, J., Holmes, M., Handel, I., Shaw, D., McLauchlan, G., McBrearty, A., Cripps, P., Jones, P., Smith, R. & Verheyen, K. (2017). The challenge of teaching undergraduates evidence-based veterinary medicine. Veterinary Record. 181(11), 298–299. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.j3441
Dean, R. & Heneghan, C. (2019). Do we need an evidence manifesto? Veterinary Record. 185(2), 58–59. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.l4653
Doig, G.S. (2008). Evidence-based veterinary medicine: what it is, what it isn’t and how to do it. Australian Veterinary Journal. 81(7), 412–415. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.2003.tb11551.x
Fajt, V.R., Brown, D. & Scott, M.M. (2009). Practicing the Skills of Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine through Case-Based Pharmacology Rounds. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 36(2), 186–195. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jvme.36.2.186
Feetham, L. & Raffan, E. (2014). Better research reporting for better patient care. Veterinary Record. 175(21), 535–536. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.g7167
Glasziou, P. & Haynes, B. (2005). The paths from research to improved health outcomes. Evidence-Based Nursing. 8, 36–38. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebn.8.2.36
Hardin, L.E. & Robertson, S. (2006). Learning evidence-based veterinary medicine through development of a critically appraised topic. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 33(3), 474–478. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jvme.33.3.474
Heneghan, C. & Badenoch, D. (2006) Evidence-based Medicine Toolkit, Second Edition, Blackwell Publishing, BMJ Journals. 71. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470750605.ch12
Heneghan, C., Mahtani, K.R., Goldacre, B., Godlee, F., Macdonald, H. & Jarvies, D. (2017). Evidence based medicine manifesto for better healthcare. The BMJ. 357. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j2973
Holmes, M. & Cockcroft, P. (2004). Evidence-based veterinary medicine 1. Why is it important and what skills are needed? In Practice. 26(1), 28–33. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/inpract.26.1.28
Huntley, S.J., Dean, R.S. & Brennan, M.L. (2017). The Awareness of the International Veterinary Profession of Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine and Preferred Methods of Training. Veterinary Sciences. 4(1), 15. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci4010015
Ilic, D., Nordin, R.B., Glasziou, P., Tilson, J.K. & Villanueva, E. (2015). A randomised controlled trial of a blended learning education intervention for teaching evidence-based medicine. BMC Medical Education. 15(39), 39–49. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-015-0321-6
Janicke, H., Johnson, M.A., Baillie, S., Warman, S., Stone, D., Paparo, S. & Debnath, N.C. (2019). Toolbox: Creating the Next Generation of Evidence-Based Veterinary Practitioners and Researchers: What are the Options for Globally Diverse Veterinary Curricula? AAVMC. Available from: https://www.aavmc.org/programs/civme/toolkit/
Janicke, H., Johnson, M.A., Baillie, S., Warman, S., Stone, D., Paparo, S. & Debnath, N.C. (2020). Creating the Next Generation of Evidence-Based Veterinary Practitioners and Researchers: What are the Options for Globally Diverse Veterinary Curricula? Journal of Veterinary Medical Education.47(5), 647–658. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme.2019-0098
Kasch, C., Haimerl, P., Heuwieser, W. & Arlt, S. (2017). Evaluation of a CAT Database and Expert Appraisal of CATs Developed by Students. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 44(4), 676–685. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0416-083R1
Kastelic, J.P. (2006). Critical evaluation of scientific articles and other sources of information: An introduction to evidence-based veterinary medicine. Theriogenology. 66(3), 534–542. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.04.017
Maggio, L.A., Cate, O.T., Irby, D.M. & O'Brien, B.C. (2015). Designing evidence-based medicine training to optimize the transfer of skills from the classroom to clinical practice: applying the four component instructional design model. Academic Medicine. 90(11), 1457–1461. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000000769
May, S.A. & Silva-Fletcher, A. (2015). Scaffolded Active Learning: Nine Pedagogical Principles for Building a Modern Veterinary Curriculum. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 42(4), 332–339. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0415-063R
McColl, A., Smith, H., White, P. & Field, J. (1998). General practitioners’ perceptions of the route to evidence based medicine: A questionnaire survey. The BMJ. 316, 361–365. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.316.7128.361
RCVS Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons. (2020). Available from: https://www.rcvs.org.uk/setting-standards/advice-and-guidance/code-of-professional-conduct-for-veterinary-surgeons/
RCVS Knowledge's Knowledge Summaries. Available from: https://knowledge.rcvs.org.uk/evidence-based-veterinary-medicine/knowledge-summaries
Shurtz, S., Fajt, V., Heyns, E.P., Norton, H.F. & Weingart, S. (2017). Teaching Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine in the US and Canada. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 44(4), 660–668. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jvme.1215-199R
Steele, M., Crabb, N.P., Moore, L.J., Reyher, K.K., Baillie, S. & Eisler, M.C. (2013). Online tools for teaching evidence-based veterinary medicine. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 40(3), 272–277. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jvme.0113-010R1
Vandeweerd, J-M., Kirschvink, N., Clegg, P., Vandenput, S., Gustin, P. & Saegerman, C. (2012). Is evidence-based medicine so evident in veterinary research and practice? History, obstacles and perspectives. The Veterinary Journal. 191(1), 28–34. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.04.013
Walker, A.J., Pretis, F., Powell-Smith, A. & Goldacre, B. (2019). Variation in responsiveness to warranted behaviour change among NHS clinicians: novel implementation of change detection methods in longitudinal prescribing data. The BMJ. 367. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5205
Zwolsman, S.E., van Dijk, N., Te Pas, E. & Wieringa-de Waard, M. (2013). Barriers to the use of evidence-based medicine: knowledge and skills, attitude, and external factors. Perspectives on Medical Education.2(1), 4–13. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40037-013-0039-2
License
Veterinary Evidence uses the Creative Commons copyright Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. That means users are free to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially - with the appropriate citation.
Most read articles by the same author(s)
- Clare Boulton, Bracy Clark's 3D Horse Hoof Model , Veterinary Evidence: Vol. 1 No. 3 (2016): Our third issue
- Rachel Dean, Irrelevant, Irrelevant, Irrelevant! Time to change our approach to research? , Veterinary Evidence: Vol. 1 No. 4 (2016): Our fourth issue
- Emma Place, Literature Searching for Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine: Coping with Zero Hits , Veterinary Evidence: Vol. 1 No. 4 (2016): Our fourth issue
- Karen Pickering, Joanne Ireland, Continuous digital hypothermia in the prevention and treatment of acute equine laminitis , Veterinary Evidence: Vol. 5 No. 4 (2020): The fourth issue of 2020
- Clare Boulton, Finding the Evidence , Veterinary Evidence: Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016): The inaugural issue
- Laura Haddock, Sarah Baillie, Ellie Sellers, Sheena Warman, Exploring the motivations, challenges, and barriers for implementing evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) in general practice , Veterinary Evidence: Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023): The first issue of 2023
- Sarah Allen, Dave Brodbelt, Josh Slater, Kristien Verheyen, Generating Evidence Through Practice-based Equine Health Surveillance , Veterinary Evidence: Vol. 1 No. 4 (2016): Our fourth issue
- Kristen Reyher, The Global Resource for Online Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine Learning , Veterinary Evidence: Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017): The first issue of 2017
