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5 Step Approach
A systematic method for evidence-based practice consisting of QUESTION, FIND, APPRAISE, ACT, and EVALUATE.
Best Available Evidence
A hierarchy of evidence quality visualized in a pyramid, with systematic reviews at the top.
Peer-reviewed academic journals
Publications where research articles are evaluated by experts before publication to ensure quality.
Scopus
The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, useful for finding academic articles.
Concept Table
A tool for breaking down a research question into separate concepts to aid in developing a search strategy.
Boolean operators
Tools (AND, OR, NOT) used to combine keywords in database searches to refine results.
Truncation
A search technique using an asterisk (*) to find all variations of a word's root.
Wildcards
Symbols used in searches to account for alternative spellings or variations in words.
Phrase searching
Using quotation marks to search for an exact phrase in a database.
Critical appraisal
The systematic evaluation of research articles to assess their validity and relevance.
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