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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Dent Educ. 2011 Feb;75(2):131–144.

Table 7.

Comparison of Dental Student, Dental Resident and Dental School Faculty Members’ Scores of KACE Scales Prior to EBP Training

Knowledge
Scale
(mean±SD)		 Attitudes
Scale
(mean±SD)		 Accessing
Evidence Scale
(mean±SD)		 Confidence
Scale
(mean±SD)
2nd Year Dental
Students		 3.8 ± 2.4
N = 149		 23.6 ± 5.2
N = 142		 21.8 ± 5.4
N = 141		 16.5 ± 5.0
N = 147
Dental Residents 4.1 ± 2.8
N = 29		 26.6 ± 4.9
N = 27		 25.0 ± 4.0
N = 28		 15.9 ± 4.5
N = 29
Faculty Members 6.3 ± 2.3
N = 60		 26.6 ± 6.4
N = 54		 27.8 ± 5.3
N = 50		 21.7 ± 5.0
N = 55
Total 4.4 ± 2.6
N = 238		 24.7 ± 5.6
N = 223		 23.6 ± 5.8
N = 219		 17.7 ± 5.4
N = 231
F2,235 = 23.7
p<0.001		 F2,220 = 7.9
p<0.001		 F2,216 = 25.1
p<0.001		 F2,228 = 24.6
p<0.001