Nursing

• More about asking answerable questions
• Question frameworks
• Forming Focused Questions with PICO: About PICO 

STEP 2 Search Modules
 

• STEP 2A Basic Search Module: complete this module to learn how to plan and conduct a search using keywords in the following resources (but can apply to any resource that uses keywords searching)
  • PubMed 
  • CINAHL (Basic Search) 
  • UpToDate
    
    More information:
    • Answering foreground questions
    • Answering background questions
    • How to access full text
       
• STEP 2B Intermediate Search Module: complete this module to learn how to plan and conduct a search using subject headings in the following databases (but can be applied to any database that uses subject headings)
  • Ovid Medline
  • CINAHL (Advanced search)
    • Tips for searching CINAHL

More information:

• How to improve your search
• MeSH bilingue

STEPS 2 & 3 Evidence Pyramid Module: complete this module to learn about critical appraisal and knowledge synthesis. The combined evidence pyramid is built on these two concepts. This content relates to both STEP 2 (searching) and STEP 3 (critical appraisal).