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RCP 441-442 Preparation for Senior Project and Ethics

PICO Search Grid

Below you will see a blank PICO form that you may fill in with the proposed question and some of the search terms you plan to use in your research. If you will send this to the Respiratory Care Librarian, she will look over your PICO and make suggestions to you for searching. She can also explain Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) searching to you. 

PICO Grid Example

Below is an example of a PICO comparison question. There may be no need for the use of a comparison based on your category of research question. You will see some terms as marked as (MeSH) terms. These were found either in PubMed MeSH browser or from here MeSH Browser.