PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Grandpierre, Viviane
AU  - Oltean, Irina
AU  - Kaur, Manvinder
AU  - Nasr, Ahmed
TI  - Addressing barriers to evidence-based medicine in pediatric surgery: an introduction to the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons Evidence-Based Resource
AID  - 10.1136/wjps-2021-000332
DP  - 2022 Jan 01
TA  - World Journal of Pediatric Surgery
PG  - e000332
VI  - 5
IP  - 1
4099  - http://wjps.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000332.short
4100  - http://wjps.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000332.full
SO  - World Jnl Ped Surgery2022 Jan 01; 5
AB  - Background Pediatric surgical practice lags behind medicine in presence and use of evidence, primarily due to time constraints of using existing tools that are not specific to pediatric surgery, lack of sufficient patient data and unstructured pediatric surgery training methods.Method We developed, disseminated and tested the effectiveness of an evidence-based resource for pediatric surgeons and researchers that provides brief, informative summaries of quality-assessed systematic reviews and meta-analyses on conflicting pediatric surgery topics.Results Responses of 91 actively practicing surgeons who used the resource were analysed. The majority of participants found the resource useful (75%), improved their patient care (66.6%), and more than half (54.2%) found it useful in identifying research gaps. Almost all participants reported that the resource could be used as a teaching tool (93%).Conclusion Lack of awareness of the resource is the primary barrier to its routine use, leading to potential calls for more active dissemination worldwide. Users of the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons Evidence-Based Resource find that the summaries are useful, identify research gaps, help mitigate multiple barriers to evidence-based medicine, and may improve patient care.Data are available upon reasonable request.