Clinical Question Case-Study Discussion

Clinical Question Case-Study Discussion

Clinical Question Case-Study Discussion

Week 6 assignment 2 Evidence Based Project Proposal For your Dropbox assignment this week, you will write Part 3 of your project proposal. In a one- to two-page paper in APA format, include: Your clinical question How the clinical question indicates the type of study that will be done (quasi-experimental vs. experimental). Describe the type of study. Theoretical framework(s) chosen including a rationale for your choice

A well-built clinical question is directly relevant to patient care and helps guide searching for evidence-based answers. There are generally four components of a good clinical question–represented by the acronym PICO.

     P – Patient, population or problem of interest
     I – Intervention – therapy, diagnostic test, exposure, etc.
     C – Comparison intervention, if relevant
     O – Outcome(s) of interest

For example, consider the question: “What’s the best form of birth control?”  In this example, the “best” is subjective – you’ll need to restate your question in the PICO format to get a clinical answer.

P – Best birth control for whom?  Teenagers?  Women who have already given birth?
I – Which specific methods are you examining?  Condoms?  Implanted hormonal methods?
C – Which other option will you compare this intervention to?  Condoms compared an IUD is a different question than condoms compared to no birth control at all.
O – Pregnancy is an obvious outcome of concern, but what about side effects? How frequently or effectively the patient uses the method?

The PICO format will help you translate your question from an initial broad topic or individual patient’s experience, to a concrete, objective question that you can find clinical evidence to answer.Clinical Questions. A well-built clinical question is directly relevant to patient care and helps guide searching for evidence-based answers. There are generally four components of a good clinical question–represented by the acronym PICO. P – Patient, population or problem of interest