Cindy Zellefrow, DNP, MSEd, RN, CSN, EBP-C, assistant clinical professor and director of the RN to BSN Program at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, is leading an international effort to support the global advancement of evidence-based practice (EBP). Zellefrow is working with Stephen Adombire, a Ghanaian PhD student at the University of Toronto, and Diana Baptiste, DNP, RN, a faculty member at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.
They launched a five-part webinar series on EBP on July 10. The first two sessions introduced the basics of EBP and drew more than 1,200 attendees from across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Europe, representing at least 20 countries, as identified through chat participation during the sessions. The audience included nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, clinical officers and faculty.
This initiative is supported by the Ghanaian-Diaspora Nursing Alliance and the World Continuing Education Alliance, organizations that work to bring continuing education opportunities to healthcare clinicians and providers across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Zellefrow joined Adombire and Judith Anaman-Torgbor, PhD, RN, dean and associate professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho, Ghana, as featured speakers for a webinar titled, Advancing Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Midwifery in Ghana: Now is the Time. The webinar was presented to the Ghanaian Registered Nurses and Midwives Association and aimed to support greater integration of EBP into healthcare in Ghana.
To encourage continued engagement, the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare website was shared during the session, generating strong interest and interaction. The team plans to continue making an impact by raising global awareness of EBP through the three remaining sessions, which are scheduled to take place over the next three months.