Defining Evidence-Based Practice Across the Disciplines: First Steps for Interprofessional Education
Evidence-based practice (EBP) content is mandated by national curricular standards for nursing, medical, physician assistant, and physical therapy students. At the same time, there is an increased interest and emphasis on interprofessional education (IPE) as seen by the development of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice and the Duke Health strategic goal to increase IPE, as well as interprofessional research and practice. At Duke, Research and Education librarians currently collaborate with each of the student programs with EBP instruction and recognize the potential for developing an interprofessional EBP curriculum. While all professions participate in EBP, they may have different approaches and terminology that would make it difficult to merge in an IPE setting.
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