EBP-C FAQ
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You will be able to have this certification, and the credential of EBP-C, for a period of 3 years. A reminder to renew will be sent to you before that time. Individuals who successfully complete this certification are entitled to state that they are credentialed with the EBP-C from the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare. The added knowledge, skills, and attitudes that you have achieved will prepare you to serve in leadership roles within healthcare and academic institutions to lead the adoption and implementation of evidence-based practice concepts to strengthen quality healthcare.
- The certificate application and testing fees will total $395.*
- Fuld National Institute for EBP 5-day immersion participants, within 5 years of immersion completion, will have a fee of $350.
- The price is a two-part fee. An initial fee of $200 allows submission of registration and educational content for component one. Upon educational content acceptance, successful candidates will be prompted to pay the balance before component two is made available.
- The entire process could take you about a month from registration through completion if you have valid coursework, register for, take, and pass the knowledge test as soon as possible, and submit all elements of the portfolio as soon as possible.
- You could have up to 2.6 years to complete if needed. This allows for submission of coursework, up to three attempts on the knowledge test, and resubmission of portfolio items. You still must meet all required response times on components to maintain progress through the program.
- You should already have completed a qualifying educational component (within the last 5 years or less) and have a project or initiative completed within the last two years or less or fully thought out and ready to implement that you can submit before you apply for this program.
There are 3 components:
- Coursework proof
- Review of the video module on the current status of EBP and a knowledge test
- Portfolio submission for review
- The Fuld Institute for EBP 5-day immersion (formerly the CTEP 5-day immersion)
- Similar program or a graduate-level course on EBP
You will need to provide:
- CE or completion certificate or transcript with your name, dates of attendance or date the certificate was received (within last 5 years or less) and grade or continuing education hours, if appropriate
- Graduate-level content via schedule, agenda or syllabus
- Attestation from an EBP instructor that you completed this course
- Demographic information
- Portfolio of a prospective evidence-based practice change project, an evidence-based quality improvement project, or a retrospective project completed in the past two years, including all the steps of the EBP process:
- Cultivating a spirit of inquiry and EBP culture/Identifying a clinical practice change.
- Creating a PICO(T) question/clinical question that guides the practice change project.
- Searching for the evidence.
- Appraisal, evaluation, and synthesis of the evidence.
- Integrating evidence into decision-making for the EBP change.
- Creating an Implementation & evaluation plan for the EBP change.
- Creating a dissemination & sustainability plan for EBP change.
To successfully complete this certification, you will need access to a computer or laptop that stores work and meets the following minimum requirements related to:
- Hardware:
- Win7 or higher/Mac 10.9 or higher
- Internal or external web cam
- Internal or external microphone
- Cable or high-speed internet access
- Software:
- Microsoft Office - Word
- Microsoft Office - PowerPoint
- Adobe Acrobat reader
- Browser:
- Google Chrome browser is required for taking the EBP Knowledge Test: https://www.google.com/chrome/
- Proctorio Chrome Extension found here: https://getproctorio.com/
- More details related to minimum computing requirements for the EBP Knowledge Test can be found here: https://proctorio.com/system-requirements
We recommend that you wait to apply 90 days after your Fuld Institute for EBP Immersion, or other graduate-level EBP education, so you are able to have enough work completed on your project or initiative to submit toward the portfolio portion of your certification application.
- There is no renewal for the EBP Certificate.
- If you hold the EBP Certificate, you can transition from the EBP Certificate to the EBP Certification before the EBP Certificate expires.
- Contact: FuldEBP-C@osu.edu for more information.
- Once you have achieved the EBP-C you will need to re-certify prior to the 3-year expiration date.
- Provide documentation of EBP activities, at least 2 activities/year, since receiving the EPB (CH). Examples may include:
- Mentoring and/or leading or participating in an EBP change initiative
- Publishing an EBP manuscript
- Podium or poster presentation at conference
- Facilitating/co-facilitating at a Fuld Institute for EBP 5-day Immersion
- Teaching EBP in clinical or academic settings
- EBP Specific Continuing Education Units (CEUs) 10/year
- Pass EBP Knowledge Test
- Pass Portfolio
- Achieve the Evidence-based Practice Certification with new 3-year expiration
The recertification fee is $235 (Non-Fuld Institute for EBP activities) or $210 (Fuld Institute for EBP activities).