TY - JOUR
T1 - Student attitudes toward the International Clinical and Professional Chiropractic Education Position Statement and Evidence-based practice
T2 - a survey of UQTR chiropractic students
AU - Wouters, Stéphanie
AU - Swain, Michael
AU - de Luca, Katie
AU - Wouters, Isabelle
AU - Blanchette, Marc André
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the attitude of Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) chiropractic students toward the International Clinical and Professional Chiropractic Education Position Statement and evidence-based practice (EBP) beliefs. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered to all the UQTR chiropractic students. Using a five-point Likert scale, students were asked to rate their level of agreement with the position statement (10 items), EBP (2 items), interprofessional collaboration (2 items) and vitalistic philosophy (2 items). Results: Survey response rate was 71%. Students most frequently reported strong agreement with the position statement, EBP and interprofessional collaboration. They also most frequently disagreed with vitalistic philosophy. The attitude toward the position statement was positively correlated with the year of study in the program (r=0.10, p=0.019), EBP (r=0.56, p<0.001) and interprofessional collaboration (r=0.45, p <0.001). Conclusions: UQTR chiropractic students demonstrate high levels of agreement with EBP and the Education Position Statement.
AB - Objective: The aim of this study is to describe the attitude of Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) chiropractic students toward the International Clinical and Professional Chiropractic Education Position Statement and evidence-based practice (EBP) beliefs. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered to all the UQTR chiropractic students. Using a five-point Likert scale, students were asked to rate their level of agreement with the position statement (10 items), EBP (2 items), interprofessional collaboration (2 items) and vitalistic philosophy (2 items). Results: Survey response rate was 71%. Students most frequently reported strong agreement with the position statement, EBP and interprofessional collaboration. They also most frequently disagreed with vitalistic philosophy. The attitude toward the position statement was positively correlated with the year of study in the program (r=0.10, p=0.019), EBP (r=0.56, p<0.001) and interprofessional collaboration (r=0.45, p <0.001). Conclusions: UQTR chiropractic students demonstrate high levels of agreement with EBP and the Education Position Statement.
KW - attitude
KW - chiropractic
KW - chiropratique
KW - cross-sectional studies
KW - enquêtes et questionnaires
KW - opinion
KW - students
KW - surveys and questionnaires
KW - études transversales
KW - étudiants
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85130383580&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://chiropractic.ca/jcca-online/current-issue/
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85130383580
SN - 0008-3194
VL - 66
SP - 21
EP - 32
JO - Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association
JF - Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association
IS - 1
ER -