. .|Jill Boruff|Alexandre Cavalcante
A comparison of patient, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) to a new, alternative clinical question framework for search skills, search results, and self-efficacy: a randomized controlled trial
McGill University|McGill University
objective educating students health professions evidencebased practice instructors librarians typically use patient intervention comparison outcome pico framework asking clinical questions recent study proposed alternative framework rehabilitation professions present study investigated effectiveness teaching alternative framework educational settingmethods randomized controlled trial conducted students occupational therapy ot physical therapy pt determine alternative framework asking clinical questions effective identifying information needs searching literature participants randomly allocated control experimental group receive ninety minutes information literacy instruction librarian formulating clinical questions searching literature using medline control group received instruction included pico question framework experimental group received instruction included alternative frameworkresults significant differences search performance search skills strategy clinical question formulation two groups control experimental groups demonstrated modest significant increase information literacy selfefficacy instruction however difference two groupsconclusion taught information literacy session new alternative framework effective pico assessing ot pt students searching skills librarianled workshops using either question formulation framework led increase information literacy selfefficacy postinstruction