PICO
A systematic way to create a narrow, focused question.
What is why we use the PICO format?
This design employs a systematic allocation of study subjects to reduce risk of bias.
What is Randomized Controlled Trial?
The ability to think in an organized and rational manner in order to understand connections between ideas and/or facts.
What is a definition of Critical Thinking?
The three components of the EBD Venn diagram.
What are dentist's expertise, patient needs and preferences, and scientific evidence?
This type of question is used to consider possible causes of a patient's clinical problems and to select that that are likely, serious and responsive to treatment.
What is a differential diagnosis?
Exposure is interchangeable with this.
What is intervention?
This study design compares an exposed group to an unexposed group longitudinally one time.
What is a cohort study?
Ability to focus on a question, analyze arguments, ask and answer questions of clarification and judge the credibility of a source.
What are qualities of a critical thinker?
The five steps of practicing evidence-based deitnistry. You may get an 'A' for effort!
What is Ask, Acquire, Appraise, Apply, Assess?
This type of question helps identify causes for disease, including iatrogenic causes.
What is harm/etiology?
Th clinical terms used to describe the issues the patient is having.
What is patient or problem?
As the quality of evidence increase, this decreases.
What is Risk of Bias?
The 10th number in this sequence:
5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 35, ...
What is 59?
The answer to this type of question can be found in a textbook and tends to be asked by novices.
What is a background question?
This type of question helps estimate a patient's likely clinical course over time with or without an intervention.
What is prognosis?
The main alternative treatment being considered.
What is Comparison?
This study design often uses surveys to examine the relationship between disease and other variables of interest at one point in time.
What is a Cross-Sectional study?
Identifying conclusions, stated reasons, and the structure of an argument are elements of this quality of a critical thinker.
What is the ability to Analyze Arguments?
The communication technique that focuses on the patient's goals and behaviors needed to achieve them.
What is motivational interviewing?
This type of question helps select treatments that are worth the effort and cost to the patient.
What are therapy questions?
A good PICO question is phrased in this way.
In 'P', does 'I', compared to 'C', result in 'O'?
This study design is a controlled trial where each subject receives both therapies under investigation.
What is a Crossover Design?
All tigers are cats.
All cats are animals.
Therefore, all tigers are...
What is animals?
Culture, Care, Communication and Collaboration are the four C's of this.
What is patient-centered care?
This type of question helps decide hw to reduce the chance of disease by identifying and modifying risk factors.
What are prevention questions?