Evidence-Based Dentistry
Midterm | Practice
Questions, Study Guide &
Exam Review
|Guaranteed success|
, O in PICO outcome
- what is the desire?
3 steps for using a PICO question 1. frame the problem (write as a question)
2. plan a search strategy
3. narrow your search results and review abstracts
3 search strategies start at pubmed.gov
find a good article (review)
look at their references
7 manuscript elements abstract
introduction
methods
results
discussion
conclusions
references
other considerations that may be useful when searching author
for a good article (4) author's institution
journal
journal impact factor
What is an impact factor? measure of frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited
in a particular year
- should be used cautiously though
what are the 2 basic study designs? observational and experimental
examples of observational study designs descriptive and analytic
what are 4 examples of analytic study designs? Case Report
Cross Sectional
Prospective Cohort
Retrospective Cohort
List the Hierarchy of Evidence from weakest evidence - Expert opinion
(bottom) to strongest evidence (top) - case report/studies
- Cross-Sectional and Case Control
- Retrospective/Prospective Cohort
- Controlled Clinical Study
- Randomized control trial
- systematic review meta-analysis
- clinical practice guidelines
Midterm | Practice
Questions, Study Guide &
Exam Review
|Guaranteed success|
, O in PICO outcome
- what is the desire?
3 steps for using a PICO question 1. frame the problem (write as a question)
2. plan a search strategy
3. narrow your search results and review abstracts
3 search strategies start at pubmed.gov
find a good article (review)
look at their references
7 manuscript elements abstract
introduction
methods
results
discussion
conclusions
references
other considerations that may be useful when searching author
for a good article (4) author's institution
journal
journal impact factor
What is an impact factor? measure of frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited
in a particular year
- should be used cautiously though
what are the 2 basic study designs? observational and experimental
examples of observational study designs descriptive and analytic
what are 4 examples of analytic study designs? Case Report
Cross Sectional
Prospective Cohort
Retrospective Cohort
List the Hierarchy of Evidence from weakest evidence - Expert opinion
(bottom) to strongest evidence (top) - case report/studies
- Cross-Sectional and Case Control
- Retrospective/Prospective Cohort
- Controlled Clinical Study
- Randomized control trial
- systematic review meta-analysis
- clinical practice guidelines
