SLPA 47200: Clinical Methods
Defining Your Research
Determine and define the clinical problem
- Frame this in a question format as it will help you determine the key concepts: population, intervention and outcome.
Generate a list of keywords using PICO
- Patient or Population (what is the disorder or disease)
- Intervention
- Comparison (if any)
- Outcome (what you are hoping to assess)
PICO Example
In patients with aphasia post stroke is transcranial mangnetic stimulation effective for improving speech production?
P: Aphasia, Post Stroke
I: Transcranial mangnetic stimulation
C: No Comparison // Melodic Intonation
O: Improved speech production
