Teaching EBP to undergraduates Barbara Janssen barbarajanssen AOM
Teaching EBP to undergraduates Barbara Janssen @barbarajanssen AOM 8 th August 2015
Our future finance professionals ü ü Undergraduates Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) University of Applied Sciences Future professionals, not academics 2
Ready to face your manager? TRUST ME, 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 3
Evidence-based practice 4
Dare to think different 5
Curriculum: EBP mind set ü Critical thinking ü Uncertainty ü Trustworthiness of information 6
Curriculum: EBP skills ü Basic EBP skills ü ü Knowing and recognizing biases Challenging assumptions Asking questions (PICOC) Acquiring information ü News and data ü Scientific literature (Google scholar, ABI Inform) ü Advanced EBP skills ü ü Decision making processes Appraisal of scientific evidence (validity and generalizability) Search strategies scientific databases Aggregating information from different sources into a conclusion (advise) 7
Curriculum: EBP practice ü ü Recognizing biases and assumptions Analysing cases like Enron Desk research Thesis 8
Curriculum: EBP practice example ü Halo effect ü Describe a situation in which your behaviour or decision was influenced by the Halo effect ü What were the consequences? ü How could you have prevented your opinion was influenced by the halo effect? 9
Challenges ü ü ü Not academics Students are trained to reproduce knowledge Educational context Authority bias Overconfidence 10
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