- > 14 self-paced online modules
- > Up to six months completion time
- > Certificate of completion awarded
Contact Hours: This activity has been awarded 13 contact hours of continuing nursing education.
- > Online modules
- > Post-tests
- > Making the case for EBP
- > Critical appraisal of intervention studies
- > What is EBP? Where does it fit?
- > Evaluation & synthesis of evidence
- > Organizational assessment
- > Integrating evidence into decision-making
- > Clinical inquiry & PICOT questions
- > Outcomes: What are they and why they matter
- > Review of research methods
- > Implementing a practice-change
- > Searching for evidence
- > Understanding change
- > Critical appraisal overview
- > Creating a vision for EBP; dreaming past the possible & Dissemination of project outcomes
- > Access and use of e-mail for communication
- > Access to a high-speed internet connection
- > Access to productivity tools (Word, Excel), Adobe PDF Reader
This online program is $350 per person.
If you are interested in enhancing the EBP knowledge, skills and attitudes of each of your organization employees, we also offer customized organizational program pricing options.
For questions and additional information, contact Casey Jacobs, business manager, at jacobs.624@osu.edu.
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Lynn Gallagher-Ford, PhD, RN, NE-BC, DPFNAP, FAAN
Cindy Zellefrow, DNP, MSEd, RN, LSN, APHN-BC
This activity has been awarded 13 contact hours of continuing nursing education.
The Ohio State University College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The Nurse Planner & Planning Committee have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Dr. Lynn Gallagher-Ford is a nationally known expert in EBP and co-author of Implementing The Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in Healthcare: A Practical Guide for Improving Quality, Safety, and Outcomes. The content she presents will be free from bias.
Dr. Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk is a nationally known expert in EBP and co-author of several books about EBP, including Implementing The Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in Healthcare: A Practical Guide for Improving Quality, Safety, and Outcomes and Evidence-based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice.
The content they present will be free from bias.
There was no commercial support or sponsorship for development of this program.
To successfully complete this program and receive contact hours, you must receive 80% on the modular program’s posttest and complete the evaluations.
The program will be available until December 2019. All aspects of the program must be completed before December 30, 2019.