SUNY-Downstate Medical Research Library of Brooklyn: Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

SUNY Downstate Evidence-Based Medicine Course (Version 2.0)

Evidence based Medicine tutorial developed by Downstate Faculty

Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice

Compiled by Duke University Medical Center Library.

For any health care practitioner or student who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Practice. 

One hour tutorial with one practice case.

If you want to track down an article listed in the tutorial website, copy and paste the original reference (not the link itself) into our Medical Research Library.  

Tutorial goals:  upon completion user will be able to 

• define Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• identify the parts of a well-built clinical question

• identify searching strategies that could improve PubMed searching

• identify key critical appraisal issues that help determine the validity of a study

Evidence Based Practice - An Independent Study Short Course for Medical-Surgical Nurses

These two brief modules highlight the Iowa model of Evidence-Based Practice for Medical Surgical nurses.

They illustrate how EBP directly relates to current nursing practice.

Provides evidence for EBP for doubters.  

Module 1   Briefly explains Evidence Based Practice

Module 2  Briefly explains relationship of Evidence Based Practice and the Iowa model.

Self-Guided Tutorial on Evidence-Based Nursing

Offered by the NYU Bobst Library 

There are three modules:  Beginners Research Guide, Evidence-

Based Nursing, and Tools

The first section is a guide to different types of available literature and a specific guide to Bobst Library Resources.

Module 1.5 compares a PubMed citation and a CINAHL citation.

Module 1.7 demonstrates Boolean searches

Evidence-Based Practice - An Interprofessional Tutorial

From the University of Minnesota Health Sciences Library.

For health care providers.  

Online Courses from the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario.

About one third of the listed courses are free-of-charge.  

The free courses are single topic (e.g.. Client Centered Care)