Replication of a Continuing Education Workshop in the Evidence-Based Practice Process
Research on Social Work Practice
Published online on July 31, 2015
Abstract
To replicate the results of Parrish and Rubin’s continuing education workshop in the evidence-based practice (EBP) process utilizing different workshop facilitators with participants in a different geographic location.
We used a replicated, one-group pretest–posttest design with 3-month follow-up to evaluate the effectiveness of a 7-hr, continuing education workshop. Social workers’ (N = 45) knowledge of, attitudes toward, views of feasibility, intentions to use, and current use of the EBP process were assessed.
Three of four cohorts of participants showed significant improvement from pretest to posttest in the overall measure of the EBP process (p < .05). Participants’ scores significantly improved over time regarding their familiarity with, attitudes about, and intentions to use and current use of the EBP process (p < .001).
Parrish and Rubin’s continuing education workshop in the EBP process appears to be an effective means to train social workers in the EBP process.