Evidence-based medicine is the conscientious explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.

From https://www.students4bestevidence.net/start-here/what-is-evidence-based-medicine/

• Evidence-Based Practice: a primer for action.

To search for evidence based information, you first need to develop a well-formed clinical question. It is recommended that you formulate your question using the PICO concept to search for quantitative studies.

Here is an example of a clinical question that outlines the PICO components.

How would you begin searching for this topic? See the completed worksheet here.

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