Teaching EBP to undergraduates

Barbara Janssen

@barbarajanssen

AOM 8th August 2015

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Our future finance professionals

Undergraduates Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) University of Applied Sciences Future professionals, not academics

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Ready to face your manager?

TRUST ME, 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

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Evidence-based practice

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Dare to think different

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Curriculum: EBP mind set

Critical thinking Uncertainty Trustworthiness of information

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Curriculum: EBP skills

Basic EBP skills Knowing and recognizing biases Challenging assumptions Asking questions (PICOC) Acquiring information

News and data Scientific literature (Google scholar, ABI Inform)

Advanced EBP skills Decision making processes Appraisal of scientific evidence (validity and generalizability) Search strategies scientific databases Aggregating information from different sources into a

conclusion (advise)

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Curriculum: EBP practice

Recognizing biases and assumptions Analysing cases like Enron Desk research Thesis

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Curriculum: EBP practice example

Halo effect Describe a situation in which your behaviour or decision

was influenced by the Halo effect What were the consequences? How could you have prevented your opinion was

influenced by the halo effect?

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Challenges

Not academics Students are trained to reproduce knowledge Educational context Authority bias Overconfidence