What does PICO mean?
The first stage of any evidence-based practice process is formulating an answerable question. This forms the foundation for quality searching. A well-formulated question will facilitate the search for evidence and will assist you in determining whether the evidence is relevant to your question.
This tutorial discusses background and foreground questions and how to convert a clinical scenario into a PICO foreground question.
Do a limited literature search using your identified PROBLEM/PATIENT/POPULATION and your INTERVENTION using these:
CINAHL Complete (a Reynolds Library Database)
UpToDate (a Reynolds Library Database)
www.Cochrane.org (a website that gathers and summarizes the best evidence from research to help you make informed choices about treatment)
