| Therapy | determining the effect of interventions on patient-important outcomes |
| Diagnosis | establishing the power of a test to differentiate between those with and without a target condition or disease |
| Harm | ascertaining the effects of potentially harmful agents on patient-important outcomes |
| Prognosis | estimating a patient's future course |
What are their most important characteristics?
Describe your patient specifically:
ALWAYS include this piece in your search.
What do you want to do for the patient?
Other considerations:
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What is the alternate intervention, if any?
It is less common to include this piece in a search.
What are you hoping to achieve, measure, or change for the patient?
Could also be the result NOT desired.
Sometimes include this piece in your search.
