Tea trolley teaching in critical care: Integrating evidence-based practice with library services

Tea trolley teaching is a tried and tested method of providing bedside education to hospital staff. This project aimed to integrate the tea trolley teaching model, already established in our local critical care unit, with library services. The goal was to equip clinical staff with the necessary training to retrieve literature and support evidence-based practice. Our evaluation highlights the value of this combined intervention of teaching research skills to upskill staff working in our intensive care units. This paper describes a scalable model of critical care bedside education that integrates library-focused teaching to upskill nurses in some of the prerequisite skills needed for evidence-based practice (EBP).