"Searching effectively for and critically appraising evidence applicable to clinical and diagnostic cases"
Ask, Acquire, Appraise, Apply, Assess are the five key skills of evidence-based veterinary medicine.
How to appraise is listed first above, because learners find appraisal challenging.
Below are tips on Asking and Acquiring.
1/ Take the RCVS ASK tutorial http://www.ebvmlearning.org/ask/
2/ A less detailed overview about how to use PICO than the RCVS tutorial (Source: Colorado State).
Below is work sheet with a veterinary example and blank worksheet to help you format and document your PICO to prepare for searching.
Suggested list of databases / information services to search to acquire evidence to answer clinical questions that arise in practice.
Tips:
“In an age of misinformation, evidence is a competitive advantage.”
~ Dr. Ron Larson, Kansas State CVM, featured speaker at UT CVM CE conference 2015
2016 editorial in Today's Veterinary Practice by Kirk J. Breuninger, VMD, MPH
Jeanine Williamson | jwilliamson@utk.edu | Veterinary Librarian (interim)
Jeffrey Hines | jhines@utk.edu | Evening Supervisor
Primary contacts for veterinary medicine @ Pendergrass Library