ASK Flashcards

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Develop your answerable clinical question is which of the 5 As

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Ask

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Ask uses what model to evaluate the key components:

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  • Patient/Population problem
  • Intervention/exposure
  • Comparison
  • Outcome
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What questions should be asked about the patient/population of interest? (3)

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  • who are the patients of interest?
  • is there a particular age group, gender, or population?
  • What is the health concern?
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What questions should be asked about the intervention/exposure? (2)

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  • what therapeutic, diagnostic, preventative, or other health care interventions are you interested in knowing more about?
  • what health care management strategies are you interested in comparing?
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what questions should be asked about the comparison of interest? (1)

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  • is there a comparison to be evaluated against the intervention?
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comparison should only be used if: (2)

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  • more than one intervention

- no intervention is a factor

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What questions should be asked about the outcome of interest?

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  • what is the desired outcome to be evaluated?

- How will the patient or population be affected, or not affected by the intervention?

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Along with PICO, it is also important to know: (2)

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What type of question you are asking

-what is the best study design to search for to find evidence to answer your clinical question

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Evidence supports how to select ________ to offer your patients that do more good than harm and that are worth the efforts and cost of using them

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treatment/therapy

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evidence supports how to select and interpret ________ in order to confirm or exclude a diagnosis, based on considering their precision accuracy, acceptability, expense, safety, etc.

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diagnosis

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evidence supports how to estimate your patiently likely ___________ over time and anticipate likely complications o the disorder

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prognosis/ clinical course

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evidence supports how to identify causes for disease is a question relating to:

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harm/etiology

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Study/methodology for treatment/therapy questions: (2)

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  • Double-blind randomized controlled trial

- systematic reviews/ meta analysis of RCT

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Study/methodology for diagnosis questions: (2)

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  • controlled trial

- systematic reviews/meta analysis of controlled trial

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study/methodology for prognosis questions (3)

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  • cohort studies
  • case control
  • case series
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study/methodology for harm/etiology questions (1)

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cohort studies

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study/methodology for prevention questions: (2)

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  • randomized controlled trial

- cohort studies

18
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study/methodology for quality improvement: (1)

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randomized controlled trials

19
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You should find the ________ strength of evidence available to answer your clinical question

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highest

20
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What has the highest strength of study? (2)

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systematic reviews and Meta analyses

21
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what has the second highest strength of study? (1)

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-randomized controlled double blind study

22
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what has the third highest strength of study

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cohort studies

23
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What has the fourth highest strength of study?

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Case Control studies

24
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What has the fifth highest strength of study?

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case series

25
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what has the sixth highest strength of study?

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case reports

26
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what has the 3rd lowest strength of study? (3)

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  • ideas
  • editorials
  • opinions
27
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what has the 2nd lowest strength of study?

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animal research

28
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what has the lowest strength of study?

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in vitro “test tube” research

29
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What questions does PICO work best for? (2)

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  • Treatment/therapy

- diagnosis

30
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PICO is a ________, not a rigid structure

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model

31
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finding the right _____ in the most _______ manner is key to successfully practicing EBP

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  • information

- efficient