Critical Access Hospitals: Formulating the Clinical Question
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Using PICO to Formulate Clinical Questions
PICO is a mnemonic used to describe the four elements of a good clinical question. It stands for:
P - Patient/Problem/Population
I - Intervention
C - Comparison
O - Outcome
For Diagnosis, you may consider using:
P - Patient
I - Test
C - Standard
O - Outcome
For Prognosis:
P- Patient
F - Factors
O - Outcome (ex. Mortality)
Here are links for more information.
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Developing a Well Built Clinical QuestionFrom the University of Washington Health Sciences Library