TY  - JOUR
A1  - Imorde, Laura
A1  - Möltner, Andreas
A1  - Runschke, Maren
A1  - Weberschock, Tobias Bernd
A1  - Rüttermann, Stefan
A1  - Gerhardt-Szép, Susanne
T1  - Adaptation and validation of the Berlin questionnaire of competence in evidence-based dentistry for dental students: a pilot study
T2  - BMC medical education
N2  - Background: The purpose of this pilot study was to create a valid and reliable set of assessment questions for examining Evidence-based Dentistry (EbD) knowledge. For this reason, we adapted and validated for dental students the Berlin Questionnaire (BQ), which assesses Evidence-based Medicine (EbM) abilities.
Methods: The Berlin Questionnaire was validated with medical residents. We adapted it for use in a dentistry setting. An expert panel reviewed the adapted BQ for content validity. A cross-sectional cohort representing four training levels (EbD-novice dental students, EbD-trained dental students, dentists, and EbM−/EbD-expert faculty) completed the questionnaire. A total of 140 participants comprised the validation set. Internal reliability, item difficulty and item discrimination were assessed. Construct validity was assessed by comparing the mean total scores of students to faculty and comparing proportions of students and faculty who passed each item.
Results: Among the 133 participants (52 EbD-novice dental students, 53 EbD-trained dental students, 12 dentists, and 16 EbM-/ EbD-expert faculty), a statistically significant (p < 0.001) difference was evident in the total score corresponding to the training level. The total score reliability and psychometric properties of items modified for discipline-specific content were acceptable. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.648.
Conclusion: The adapted Berlin Questionnaire is a reliable and valid instrument to assess competence in Evidence-based Dentistry in dental students. Future research will focus on refining the instrument further.
KW  - Evidence-based medicine
KW  - Evidence-based dentistry
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Dental practice
KW  - Reliability
KW  - Questionnaire
KW  - Validation
Y1  - 2020
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/55325
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-553257
SN  - 1472-6920
N1  - This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
VL  - 20
IS  - art. 136
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
PB  - BioMed Central
CY  - London
ER  -