Students on courses leading to professional registration are required to develop an understanding of how to find, appraise and integrate research to inform practice. An escape room activity was designed as part of the learning experience for a first-year academic module titled 'Introduction to evidence-based practice'. The learning module was designed to develop nursing students' skills in the first three stages of EBP: Developing a question, searching and appraising the literature. This case study will describe the staff and student experience of a virtual escape room from design to delivery for evidence-based practice learning.