Pyramid modified from: Navigating the Maze, University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
Source: Health Sciences Library, University of Washington
For a comprehensive research guide to Systematic Reviews, see here.
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Covidence (a Systematic Review software) is available for the FSU community.
PICO
The first stage of any evidence-based practice process is formulating an answerable question. This forms the foundation for quality searching. An answerable question has a format that follows the PICO concept. The acronym translates to:
P – Populations/People/Patient/Problem
I – Intervention(s)
C – Comparison
O – Outcome
PICO Worksheets
EMBASE database has a PICO Search mode
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