Advanced Literature Searching Research questions

Question 1

5 As of EBP

Answer 1

1. Ask a question
2. Acquire: find information/evidence to answer question
3. Appraise
4. Apply
5. Assess

Question 2

What are Foreground questions?

Answer 2

Foreground questionstend to be more complex, requiringspecific knowledgeto informclinical decisions. These questions typically concern a particular patient or patientpopulation.​
Foreground questions often include comparisons between two interventions, such as twodrugs, two surgical procedures, two different treatments, two diagnostic tests (PCR orlateral flow test for COVID-19), etc.​

Question 3

Foreground questions are best answered by?

Answer 3

Searching the medical literature for the latestresearch, consulting resources such asPubMed, the Cochrane Database of SystematicReviews or RCT,MedLineetc​

Question 4

What does PICOS stand for?

Answer 4

Patient
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Study design

Question 5

When searching, insert asterisk * after the root of the word to find?

Answer 5

All words endings

Question 6

When searching, use speech marks “” to?

Answer 6

find exact phrases

Question 7

Boolean operators

Answer 7

AND
OR
NOT

Question 8

Which Boolean operator gives MORE?

Answer 8

OR

Question 9

Which Boolean operator gives LESS?

Answer 9

AND