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PICO (Patient or Population/Problem | Intervention/Exposure | Comparison | Outcome) Please enter your Clinical Question (in sentence format) and its P-I-C-O elements below.
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This section will be graded partially on how well your search strategies match the concepts in your Clinical Question (PICO). For each database below:
For your critical appraisal, locate a randomized controlled trial (RCT) from your PubMed search results that provides evidence regarding the efficacy of interventions that apply to the patient/population and clinical problem from your original clinical question. Please enter the complete citation including PMID AND the abstract for the reference you select (see example).
Critical Appraisal of a Therapy or Prevention Article: for the article you have selected, answer questions 1-11 below. Be sure to send a copy of your selected article to Drs.Bany-Mohammed and Aslam.
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Notes: This worksheet is submitted to the UCI Libraries' Health Sciences Education Team upon clicking on the Submit button below. Worksheet adapted from the Evidence-Based Medicine Toolkit, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada. 2006