SLPA 47200: Clinical Methods

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)

ASHA Guide on Framing the Clinical Question
 

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