PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Haroon, Munib AU - Phillips, Robert 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.