Evidence Based Practice

Take a look at each of the articles you selected in your search and answer the questions below.

1. Are the results valid?

• How strong is the evidence?
• What was the study design, and is it most appropriate for the question domain?
• Was there bias?

2. Are the results important?

• How large was the treatment effect?
• Are results clinically significant (not just statistically significiant)?

3. Will the results help me care for my patient?

• Does it answer my question?
• Is the study's patient population similar enough to my patient (after exclusion criteria)?

4. Does this resource help me answer my PICO/Clinical question well enough to write about it?

• Is it an important article in this particular field?
• Does it directly address at least one part of my PICO question?
• Will it help me make my argument?

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