The five key competencies mirror the five steps of EBHC, namely i) formulating an answerable question based on clinical uncertainty; ii) finding the best available evidence to answer this question; iii) critically appraising and interpreting the evidence; iv) applying the results in the clinical setting; and v) evaluating the performance [ 3].
I requires that this question be answerable independently of whether the people preferred either of them to, say, Abraham Lincoln, or preferred George Washington to Lincoln.
This question is answerable by analysis of TRECs (T-cell receptor excision circles found in recently produced T cells), which can confirm production and release of new T cells into the periphery.
It is critically important that a relevant and answerable research question is posed.
Systematic reviews critically appraise and synthesize the best available evidence to provide a conclusion statement (a "take-home point") in response to a specific answerable clinical question.
First, a clearly defined and answerable study question should be posed.
They watched the same video, identified learning points, formulated an answerable clinical question and carried out an online literature search for an original article.
The clinician submits a query to the LCS using a dynamic web form that prompts for the elements of an answerable clinical question [ 23].
A user is a librarian or a clinician; a question is an answerable clinical question, submitted by a user; a response is text associated with a question and submitted by a user (e.g., a librarian's answer to a question, a physician's addendum to a question or evaluation of the usefulness of the librarian's answer).
The EBM programme takes an integrated approach to applying the 5A's of EBM, i.e. assess the patient, ask an answerable clinical question, acquire the evidence, appraise the evidence, and apply the evidence back to the clinical situation, within each body system block.
