PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Munib Haroon
AU  - Robert Phillips
TI  - “There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something” – asking questions and searching for answers – the evidence based approach
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2009.161570
DP  - 2010 Apr 01
TA  - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
PG  - 34--39
VI  - 95
IP  - 2
4099  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/95/2/34.short
4100  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/95/2/34.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2010 Apr 01; 95
AB  - 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.