Teaching evidence-based practice: Developing a curriculum model to foster evidence-based practice in undergraduate student nurses

Current state of evidence-based practice education for undergraduate nursing students in Taiwan: A questionnaire study

“…However, critical issues about teaching EBP were also revealed, including difficulty in teaching the clinical application, lack of standardized teaching materials, inadequate evaluation of learning outcomes, lack of comprehensive EBP training among teachers, and students' English-reading difficulties.Findings indicate that EBP education has already gained attention in most nursing schools of Taiwan. This result corresponds to the constant advocacy of the importance of EBP byAACN (2011) and IOM (2011).Contents of the EBP education in this study were in line with those of the suggestions from AACN and other studies(Burns & Foley, 2005;Finotto et al, 2013;Moch et al, 2010) that emphasize the steps of EBP. However, this study found that the clinical applications of EBP were less taught.…”

“…research evidence (Finotto et al, 2013;Mu et al, 2013). Another study suggested that nurses' comprehension of statistics, research methodology, and appraisal of research can be enhanced by participating in journal clubs (Deenadayalan et al, 2008).…”

“…Nursing schools in Europe (Finotto et al, 2013;Johnson et al, 2010), in the United States (Moch et al, 2010), and in Asia (Oh et al, 2010;Zhang et al, 2012) have valued the EBP competency of undergraduate students and developed EBP curriculums or courses for their students. However, reports from these studies differ; e.g., in Europe, Finotto et al, (2013) developed a 3-year program where classroom lessons and clinical practicums were involved in teaching EBP; in Korea, Oh et al, (2010) integrated EBP into a 6-day clinical practicum in a RN-to-BSN program, where lectures on the concepts and processes of EBP were provided prior to the practicum, and group conferences were provided afterwards to enhance students' EBP skills; and in China, one school incorporated EBP into the clinical practicum, and the strategies of self-directed learning and workshops were adapted to teach EBP (Zhang et al, 2012). In Taiwan, EBP education has been strongly emphasized and implemented in clinical practice (Li et al, 2011;Mu et al, 2013;Yeh et al, 2010).…”

An Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice curriculum Integration in Australian Undergraduate Nursing Programs

“…Integration of EBP concepts and process across the whole curriculum will more likely produce nurses who can deliver evidencebased nursing care and this is the direction education providers should move towards [7]. Chaboyer et al [29] reported findings from a benchmarking project in developing a new undergraduate nursing curriculum in one Australian university.…”

“…Integrating EBP into undergraduate nursing education and preparing future nurses to embrace EBP into clinical practice becomes paramount in today's complex and evolving healthcare environment [7]. The role that EBP plays in the practical lives of nursing students will depend on the degree to which it is promoted by academics, the extent to which it is incorporated in course objectives, content, assessments and its application to the clinical setting [8].…”