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Worksheet for Developing PICO(T) Questions from the AAACN (American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing); permission granted on the PDF file for educational and research uses of the template.

• First, examine your topic to identify the major concepts you need to conduct the best searches.  Some useful ways to do this include thinking of who, what, where, when, why, and how, regarding your topic of interest. 

• To arrive at a more or using the PICO(T) method: Population/Problem, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome/s, (Time frame). 

Systematic Literature Review Templates for documenting your question, criteria, information sources, search strategy, and searches:

• Google Sheets version: https://tinyurl.com/LitRevSpreadsheet
• Google Doc version: https://tinyurl.com/LitRevDocument