Literature searching may sound daunting, but there are so many tools at your disposal to make life easier.
PICO is a planning tool that can be used to structure clinical research questions. It helps to create a focussed search topic, whilst also encouraging you to think about the alternate search terms that might be used to describe your topic elements.
Q: How effective is the combination use of ICS and LTRA in managing symptoms of suspected asthma in under 5s?
Patient/Population | Under 5s |
Intervention | Inhaled Corticosteroid |
Control/Comparison |
Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist |
Outcome |
Symptom management Maintenance therapy |
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We can resolve simple queries over email and arrange virtual individual or group tutorials to troubleshoot problems or run through the finer details of specific databases.
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Follow this link to see a full list of Pharmacy research methods books.