Searching effectively for the evidence
Learn how to turn a clinical question into an effective search strategy to find high quality evidence, particularly in databases.
1. Identifying search terms
1.3. Generating search terms (part 1)
Always break your question down into its key components. These will normally be determined by your PICO question.
Imagine the following scenario:
Use this template to create a PICO question and generate some search terms for each component of your question. Note that it's not always necessary to include all elements of your PICO in your search.
