Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 2 EBP 0187 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Misconception: PICOT Is Fill-in-the-Blank
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The idea
PICOT identifies the components of a clinical issue. The thinking is in deciding what those components are, not in completing a sentence.
In practice
Two clinicians on one unit naming different outcomes, and getting different searches.
Where people slip
A grammatical PICOT question can be the wrong question. The format checks the form, never the judgement.
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