background question
seeks knowledge on basic sciences
answer found in textbooks
foreground questions
seeks knowledge concerning treatment, diagnosis, prognosis, etc.
answer found in medical literature
elements of a well formulated research question
PECO
patient. population, person
exposure
comparison/comparator
outcome
assessment of research question
FINEST
feasible interesting novel ethical significant time bound
research - definition
systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data which aims to answer a question
database =
fields + records
record
cards containing an article’s fields
field
corresponds to a piece of information relevant to an article
phrasing the question when searching for literature
PECO
sensitivity
refers to the likelihood of retrieving relevant citations
specificity
refers to the likelihood of excluding irrelevant citations
