Evidence based practice (EBP) has gained momentum globally, to provide effective and efficient health care.
Although EBP has evolved to a great extent over the last two decades and is accepted as an important concept by all
health care professionals, its integration in practice is still challenging. Integration of EBP in nursing profession both
in nursing practice and nursing education is an important issue. This article describes the experience of the authors
in integrating evidence based practice in nursing education in Manipal University. It focuses on the training of nurse
educators in EBP, alignment of EBP in curriculum and EBP practicum in curriculum so as to enable a nurse to identify
evidences, make appropriate clinical decisions and utilize EBP in rendering scientific and quality patient care
