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Tactics for Teaching Evidence‐Based Practice: Video as a Support for Learning International Database Searching in Nursing Education
Author(s) -
Melender Hanna Leena,
Maijala Virpi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
worldviews on evidence‐based nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.052
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1741-6787
pISSN - 1545-102X
DOI - 10.1111/wvn.12304
Subject(s) - citation , psychology , library science , pedagogy , computer science
Being able to search for external evidence is one of the evidencebased practice (EBP) competencies for practicing registered professional nurses (Melnyk, GallagherFord, FineoutOverholt, & Long, 2014). It is the second step in the sevenstep EBP process (Melnyk et al., 2014). When teaching and learning EBP principles and processes in academic settings, databasesearching skills are essential (FineoutOverholt, Stillwell, Williamson, Cox, & Robbins, 2015). However, it has been shown that nursing students struggle with inadequate skills to search and evaluate appropriate and relevant information needed in nursing practice (Denison & Montgomery, 2012). Jacobsen and Andenaes (2011) report that nursing students have difficulties in selecting keywords and subject headings, combining search terms, and using limiters when they search for evidence. In January 2015, the nursing departments of two Finnish universities of applied sciences collaborated on strategies for teaching and learning EBP. Based on the authors’ experience, their students, who mostly speak Finnish and often find English terms difficult, need to develop their databasesearching skills. Therefore, the focus was on the development and enhancement of the international databasesearching skills of the students. Due to students’ learning challenges and evidence that a combination of selfdirected learning and different learning tools has potential to promote EBP learning (Melender, Mattila, & HäggmanLaitila, 2016), it was decided that a video should be produced, with Finnishspeaking actors searching in an international database. The strategy was to use technology to make a video presenting an example of how to conduct a search in the CINAHL database to support nursing students’ learning of database searching. The strategy was developed to be used in an EBP course at the undergraduate level. The learning outcomes of the EBP course include the following: Formulate a clinical question, utilize searching strategies to find external evidence in databases, and present the evidence found.