For Faculty
Evidence-Based Teaching (EBT) Resources
Compiled by Christine Bartels, PharmD, Ph.D. Candidate
Core Bibliographic Databases
CINAHL
The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature is the world’s largest database for nursing and allied health literature. The database is available with subscription by many organizations, however, the home page is at www.cinahl.com/prodsvcs/cinahldb.htm.
Medline
Produced by the National Library of Medicine in the United States. There are over 300,000 citations of educational relevance. The database is available with subscription by many organizations, but can also be freely searched by PubMed at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi.
ERIC
The Education Resource Information Center is the world’s largest database of journal and non-journal education literature. There are over 1.1 million citations from 1966-present. The address for searching can be found at www.eric.ed.gov/.
PsycINFO
An abstract database of psychological literature that has over 100,000 citations related to education, but very few indexed results in the more specific area of nursing education. There are many organizations with a subscription to the database, but www.apa.org/psycinfo/ is the homepage.
Keyword Databases
Research and Development Resource Base (RDRB)
RDRB is a literature database for educators and health professions that study program evaluation, physician performance, change, and health care outcomes. There are over 250 results of nursing education and can be located at the free link at www.cme.utoronto.ca/rdrb.
Topics in Medical Education (TIMELIT)
Database covers medical education by searching journals of medical education, general education, specialized areas of education, medicine and medical specialties. There are over 10,000 citations regarding nursing education. TIMELIT is freely available at www.timelit.org.
Additional Databases
British Nursing Index (BNI)
British nursing database with home address www.bniplus.co.uk/index.html. BNI is smaller than CINAHL, but searches over 220 related journals to find information that may not be in some larger databases, including CINAHL.
Science Citation Index (SCI)
The SCI searches for bibliographic information with no disciplinary boundaries. The database cites from over 3,700 science and technical journals of more than 100 disciplines. SCI is freely available at www.isinet.com/products/citation/sci/.
“Grey Literature” Search
To search for information that may not be published or is on the web in non-peer reviewed sources. A few examples of these sites are listed below:
Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Papers (CRISP)
CRISP is a database that includes federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. There are over 50 projects of nursing education, but most are related to patient interaction. The database is freely available at www.commons.cit.nih.gov/crisp/.
Dissertation Abstracts
ProQuest Digital Dissertations provides abstracts of the most current two years of over 225,000 citations and abstractions freely available from www.lib.umi.com/dissertations/gateway.
Biomed Central
An independent database that provides open and free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research from over 350 journals, including BMC Nursing. The search can be found at www.biomedcentral.com.
Google
www.google.co.uk is the world’s most popular search engine that is very accurate.
Hotbot
www.hotbot.com searches four different search engines (Google, Alltheweb, Teoma, and Inktomi) and has search options to choose from.
Vivísimo
vivisimo.com is recommended for broad conceptual searches because of its clustering and algorithm technique of retrieving information from other search engines.
Evidence-Based Teaching and Education Web Sites
U.S. Department of Education
www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
Campbell Collaboration
www.campbellcollaboration.org/
This non-profit organization performs systematic reviews in the areas of education, criminal justice, social policy, and social care. Focus is on randomization, comprehensiveness, and usefulness. The organization is continually adding literature to the site.
What Works Clearinghouse
www.w-w-c.org
Organization of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Science that provides scientific evidence of effectiveness in studies of educational interventions. The group has a joint venture of the American Institutes for Research and the Campbell Collaboration.
Research Evidence in Education Library (REEL)
eppi.ioe.ac.uk/EPPIWeb/home.aspx?page=/reel/intro.htm
The home site of the Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice in Education, commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills, England. There is information and databases to encourage those who are interested in developing systematic reviews for basing policy and professional practice on sound evidence of effectiveness in education.
Nurses.info
www.nurses.info/education.htm
BEME Collaboration
www.bemecollaboration.org
resources of databases and organizations: www.bemecollaboration.org/resources.htm
Established group to promote Best Evidence Medical Education through dissemination of information, production of systematic reviews, and creation of the importance of BEME among others. The group welcomes interested parties of individuals and organizations to join the group with receipt of updates and new developments of the Collaboration.
Evidence-Based Medical Education
www.mededdevelopment.com/evidence.htm
Site provides various links to medical education journals and websites and some references of evidence-based medical education or best evidence medical education.
APPLE (Advancing the Personal and Professional Learning of Educators) Series
PowerPoint by Martha Hinman, PT, EdD at the University of Texas Medical Branch.
cam.utmb.edu/resources/EBTeaching.ppt
PowerPoint slides to deliver information regarding faculty characteristics, teaching strategies, portfolio structures.
Evidence Based Medical Education
www.mededdevelopment.com/evidence.htm
Site with definition of Evidence Based Medical Education, medical education journals, web sites, and bibliography.
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning at Indiana University Bloomington
www.indiana.edu/~sotl/whatis.html
The University of British Columbia Library
toby.library.ubc.ca/subjects/subjpage1.cfm?id=246
Although medical in focus, there are resources for evidence-based health care (EBHC) that might be useful.
Presentations
Whitehurst, GJ: United States Department of Education – Evidence-Based Education (EBE)
www.blueribbontaskforce.ohio.gov/committees/pdf/FS_3-8-04_pres1.pdf
Wolf, FM: Evidence-Based Medical Education and its Role in Teaching the Basic Sciences
www.iamse.org/development/2002/wolf.htm
Chen, F: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Medical Education Outcomes Research
www.aacom.org/calendar/events/annualmtg/2003/Chen.ppt
Books
Lowenstein, A & Bradshaw, M. Fuszard’s Innovative Teaching Strategies in Nursing. (3rd Ed). Jones and Bartlett Publishers. 2004.
nursing.jbpub.com/catalog/0763715514/
Includes teaching strategies for multiple nursing settings, such as the traditional classroom, clinical site, and distance education.
McKeachie WJ. McKeachie’s Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research and Theory for College and University Teachers. (11th ed). Houghton Mifflin. Chap 13, 2002.
Stevens, K R. Evidence-Based Teaching: Current Research in Nursing Education. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. 1999.
www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763709379/
Provides basics of evidence-based teaching and other current nursing education research, including mentorship, academic dishonesty, and success on the licensure examination.
Teaching Strategies
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University
www.bhojvirtualuniversity.com/phd/concept_of_module.html
Internet modular material on “Teaching Competency of Nurse Educators” developed as a continuing nursing education program. Teachers are able to work through the module and accumulate self-assessment on various competencies.
PBL Problem Based Learning Institute for Nurse Educators
www.pblnursing.org/toc.htm
McMaster University School of Nursing provides many links for theory, tutorials, activities, and more for problem-based learning.
Area Education Agency 267
www.aea267.k12.ia.us/cia/framework/strategies/
An introduction to Teaching Strategies that can be used to ensure more student responsibility in their own learning.
George Mason University
www.gmu.edu/facstaff/part-times/strategy.html
Part-time faculty guide of teaching strategies to be more responsive to students’ learning needs.
Honolulu Community College
honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm
Index of teaching tips utilized in faculty development. There is a multitude of topics available for review.
University of Washington, Center for Instructional Development and Research
depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/inclusive/strategies.html
Strategies for faculty that make teaching more inclusive of the students.
Teaching Portfolios
Peter Seldin: How to Produce a Teaching Portfolio
www.city.londonmet.ac.uk/deliberations/portfolios/ICED_workshop/seldin_book.html
Washington State University
www.wsu.edu/provost/teaching.htm
University of Texas at Austin
www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/teachfolio.htm
Penn State – Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching
www.psu.edu/celt/portfolio.html
Brown University – The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
www.brown.edu/Administration/Sheridan_Center/publications/teacport.html
The Ohio State University
ftad.osu.edu/portfolio/
University of California, Berkeley
career.berkeley.edu/PhDs/PhDportfolio.stm
Preceptorship
Rippy, J & Baker, H.: Nurse Preceptor: Knowledge Transfer in Health Care
www.weleadinlearning.org/jrapr03.htm
Montana Area Health Education Center (MT AHEC)
healthinfo.montana.edu/students/run.html
The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College – Continuing Education for Medical and Healthcare Professions: Preceptor Model
wtce.utb.edu/cehealth/Preceptor/model.htm
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty Development Web Page – Precepting/Clinical Teaching: Web Site Resources
www.wvsom.edu/ClinicalSciences/FacDev/facdev.htm#Precepting/Clinical
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey – Center for Teaching Excellence
www.umdnj.edu/meg/clined_tips.htm
Scholarly Teaching
American Association for Higher Education – December 1999 AAHE Bulletin: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Questions and Answers from the Field
www.aahe.org/dec99f2.htm
Center for Teaching and Scholarly Excellence (CTSE) – Hofstra University, Hamstead, NY.
Provides extensive links and resources to teaching and learning centers in the US and worldwide through use of www.hofstra.edu/Faculty/CTSE/index_CTSE.cfm link and Dalhousie University.
Instructional Development and Technology Sites Worldwide www.dal.ca/~oidt/ids.html
Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning www.carnegiefoundation.org/CASTL/index.htm
The Scholarly Teaching Portfolio
www.clt.uts.edu.au/Scholarship/astpm2portfolio.html
Scholarship of Teaching: A Model
www.clt.uts.edu.au/Scholarship/A.Model.html
