EBP curriculum considerations

Definitive advice in relation to curriculum considerations was provided with a clear emphasis on the need for EBP principles to be integrated throughout all elements of healthcare professions curricula. Educators, regardless of teaching setting, need to be able to ‘draw out evidence-based components’ from any and all aspects of curriculum content, including its incorporation into assessments and examinations. Integration of EBP into clinical curricula in particular was considered essential to successful learning and practice outcomes. If students perceive a dichotomy between EBP and actual clinical care, then “never the twain shall meet” (GG) requiring integration in such a way that it is “seen as part of the basics of optimal clinical care” (GG). Situating EBP as a core element within the professional curriculum and linking it to professional accreditation processes places further emphasis on the necessity of teaching EBP: