Educating for the implementation of evidence-based healthcare in Brazil: the JBI methodology

Formación para la implementación de la evidencia en salud en Brasil: la metodología del JBI

ABSTRACT

Objective:

To present the JBI evidence implementation methodology and report the Brazilian experience in educating health professionals.

Method:

This is an experience report on professional education in the Brazilian context as per the JBI methodology.

Results:

In four years, 29 clinical fellows were trained in Brazil, with technical and scientific theoretical bases and tools for evidence-based practice, focusing on the transformation of the health contexts in which they are inserted.

Conclusion:

The JBI methodology offers systems and tools to evaluate existent practices; it also reinforces and disseminates evidence-based healthcare, potentializing the achievement of effective change in healthcare.

DESCRIPTORS
Evidence-Based Nursing; Evidence-Based Practice; Health Human Resource Training; Decision Making; Patient-Centered Care