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Pharmacy

Try writing a question using the PICO Model. Let's take a look:

Term Explanation
P Population, Patient, or Problem
I Intervention, Issue, or (Exposure)
C Comparison
O Outcome

Sample Question

In pharmacy students, can escape rooms be used to increase knowledge or academic achievement?

 

Terms Example
P - Population Pharmacy Students
I - Intervention Use of escape room in the curriculum
C - Comparison Not specified
O - Outcome Improved grades, knowledge, or test scores

 

Combine your keywords with Connectors:

Term Example Results
AND pharmacy students AND escape room Retrieves articles with both terms
OR knowledge OR grades Retrieves articles with either term
NOT  pharmacy students NOT preceptors Eliminates a term from results