Purpose
Elevate your career with ANPD's Nursing Professional Development (NPD) Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Academy, designed to enhance EBP competence and confidence in NPD practitioners across diverse healthcare settings. Gain knowledge, develop vital skills, establish professional connections, and make a lasting impact while growing as a champion for scientific inquiry, leader, and EBP mentor.
Overview
Discover the NPD EBP Academy, an 8-month-long, mentored program focused on the steps of the EBP process, the NPD role in EBP, and supporting a culture of EBP. The academy consists of virtual seminars, self-paced asynchronous learning, and one-on-one mentorship with an NPD EBP expert. An evidence-based project is completed throughout the program, culminating in an opportunity for dissemination to anational audience through ANPD.
ANPD Partners with 
to provide OVID Synthesis to academy participants and mentors. OVID Synthesisis an innovative platform helping participants move forward from current practice to best practice as aspiring and new EBP leaders in nursing professional development.
The ANPD EBP Academy Program is recognized as an approved education program for the Evidence-based Practice Certificate - EBP (CH) by The Ohio State University College of Nursing, Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare.
Completion of the ANPD EBP Academy satisfies the EBP education requirement for the EBP (CH) credential. The EBP (CH) is the only globally recognized credential in the specialty area of EBP.
Individuals interested in pursuing the credential must apply directly through the Fuld Institute and meet all the eligibility and application requirements. For more information, https://fuld.nursing.osu.edu/ebp-credentialing
Check back in May 2027 for information on applying to the 2027-2028 Cohort of the ANPD EBP Academy.