TY - JOUR T1 - “There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something” – asking questions and searching for answers – the evidence based approach JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 34 LP - 39 DO - 10.1136/adc.2009.161570 VL - 95 IS - 2 AU - Munib Haroon AU - Robert Phillips Y1 - 2010/04/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/95/2/34.abstract N2 - Evidence based medicine (EBM) consists of four separate processes. Asking a clinical questionLocating the evidenceAppraising and synthesizing the evidenceApplying the evidence Most people are familiar with the third step but not so familiar with the first two. Well-designed clinical questions can help clarify in a clinicians mind exactly what information is being sought and also help with the search. This clinical question can be framed around the PICO format. With a well-structured PICO information can then be located in a timely manner using the concept of Haynes's 5 S's and a range of websites including trial registers and meta-search engines. ER -