PICO is often used to create a searchable question. It stands for:
Patient or problem
Intervention
Comparison (if any)
Outcome
You may find it useful to use the following worksheet to construct a searchable question.
Evidence based practice is the combining of clinical expertise, patient values, and the best research evidence together to develop the best health care possible.
To see a list of recommended resources for finding evidence-based literature, visit the Evidence-Based Practice databases page.
This video contains a narrated example of a search for evidence based information.