Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 2 EBP 0165 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Purpose of the Format
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The idea
The purpose of the PICOT question is to guide the systematic search that follows it.
In practice
A search strategy whose lines come straight from the question as it was written.
Where people slip
If the format is not serving the search, it is being used as paperwork. That is the test of whether it was worth writing.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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