Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue: A marriage of innovation in nursing EBP and digital literacy education

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the foundation of modern health services. It improves patient outcomes and quality of care by combining clinical expertise, patient values, and the best research evidence to guide health care decisions. The ability to find, evaluate and apply evidence is essential for EBP. However, preparing the future nursing workforce with the required knowledge and skills to do so can be a challenge. Objectives: At Murdoch University, we have integrated various digital tools with our personal learning platform to develop an interactive tutorial for final-year nursing students. The tutorial aims to improve skills in the areas of research, critical appraisal and digital literacy. Methods: Using the analogy of a marriage, this paper will present the case study of a collaborative project between the University Library and the College of Science, Health, Engineering & Education (the ‘wedding party’) to develop a self-paced, interactive online tutorial on database searching and systematic reviews, as applied in nursing practice. Four key elements went into planning this marriage: • Something old: Camtasia (familiar to both Library and College) • Something new: LibWizard (a new Library software acquisition) • Something borrowed: PebblePad (managed by the College) • Something blue: Digital badging (micro-credentialing) These elements were integrated into a single digital learning object, which was launched in late January 2019 (the ‘wedding’). Results: This innovative online tutorial was successful in engaging students and developing their digital and information literacy skills for evidence-based practice, and future improvements were also identified.

背景：循证实践（EBP）是现代医疗服务的基础。它通过结合临床专业知识、患者价值观以及最佳研究证据来指导医疗决策，从而改善患者的治疗效果和护理质量。发现、评估和应用证据的能力对循证实践至关重要。然而，让未来的护理人员具备所需的知识和技能是一项挑战。 目标：在默多克大学，我们将各种数字工具与个人学习平台相结合，为护理专业的毕业班学生开发了一个互动教程。该教程旨在提高学生在研究、批判性评估和数字素养方面的技能。 方法：本文将以婚姻作类比，介绍大学图书馆与科学、健康、工程和教育学院（“婚礼双方”）之间的一个合作项目案例研究，该项目旨在开发一个关于数据库检索和系统评价的自主学习、互动式在线教程，并应用于护理实践。 规划这场“婚姻”有四个关键要素： • 旧元素：Camtasia（图书馆和学院都熟悉） • 新元素：LibWizard（图书馆新购置的软件） • 借用元素：PebblePad（由学院管理） • 蓝色元素：数字徽章（微证书） 这些元素被整合到一个单一的数字学习对象中，并于2019年1月下旬推出（“婚礼”）。 结果：这个创新的在线教程成功地吸引了学生，并培养了他们在循证实践方面的数字和信息素养技能，同时也确定了未来的改进方向。