• Victória Guzzo da Silva, Dafne Port Nascimento, Sarah Beatriz Obadovski Alves Nascimento, and Amanda Costa Araujo.
• Master's Program in Innovation in Higher Education in Health, Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul (USCS), São Caetano do Sul (SP), Brazil.
• Sao Paulo Med J. 2025 Jan 1; 143 (1): e2023407e2023407.

BackgroundAlthough multiple strategies have been suggested for evidence-based practice educational interventions, few studies have focused on the development of abilities for evidence-based practice implementation.ObjectiveTo explore the effectiveness of evidence-based practice in higher education and understand its teaching methods.Design And SettingNarrative review was conducted at the Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul, Brazil.MethodsNarrative review included research studies that measured any type of evidence-based practice teaching method and its effectiveness. Searches included publications from inception to June 2022, conducted on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, CENTRAL, ERIC, and the Cochrane Library. Two independent authors descriptively extracted and analyzed the data. The methodological quality of the studies was also analyzed.ResultsThe results determined that 79.2% of the studies proved their effectiveness. Teaching methods varied according to the time period, format, and types of questionnaire.ConclusionsMost studies demonstrated the effectiveness of the chosen teaching methods. This study shows the importance of health professionals using evidence-based practice to ensure effective patient treatment.

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