Article History
Received: 9 March 2017
Accepted: 27 April 2018
First Online: 11 May 2018
Authors’ information
: MM is a lecturer and researcher in musculoskeletal physiotherapy and evidence-based practice, with an emerging interest in mixed methods research. Her PhD in 2011 investigated differences in quantitative EBP knowledge attitudes and behaviours across health professional students, year level and exposure to EBP training and longitudinal changes.LL is a Senior Lecturer in the physiotherapy discipline at Flinders University. Lucy teaches topics relating to research design and methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and is interested in student outcomes following Evidence-based practice training, and instruments to measure these outcomes.JL is a mixed methods researcher and physiotherapist with particular interests in evidence-informed clinical practice and stroke rehabilitation. Julie’s PhD in 2012 investigated the factors that influence the quality of care patients receive following stroke. Her work is supported by a NHMRC Research Fellowship (APP1052524).
: Ethical approval for the study was gained from the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of South Australia (protocol numbers 0000021077 for the questionnaire data and 0000030567 for the focus group data). In accordance with ethical requirements, participants were provided with full information about the research in a participant information sheet and consented to participate if they then chose to complete the questionnaires. Participants in focus groups provided written informed consent to participate. All participants were informed of their right to decline to participate, and their right to withdraw from the study at any time.
: Group data and no individual person’s quantitative data are reported in the manuscript. Focus group participants provided written informed consent for publication; non-identifiable participant comments from the focus groups are reported in the manuscript.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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