Table 1 Main topics presented in the course

- Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

- The importance of EBP in nursing practice

- Essential skills for engaging in EBP activities

- Recognizing various resources for EBP

- Understanding of clinical issues/problems

- Formulating of a clinical issue/problem into clinical question using the PICO (Patient/Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) framework

- Conducting online searches to find relevant research

- Critical appraisal of research finding via the checklist

- Extracting a broad understanding from the strengths and weaknesses of studies

- Implementation of EBP in the nursing practice