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Asking the Question. The first step in research or evidence-based practice is defining a problem and asking a question . In the research process this becomes part of developing a proposal for a study. In the clinical setting, âasking a questionâ may become part of a research study, a quality improvement project, or lead to evidence based practice.
Well-Built Clinical Question (PICO) Navigation. The first part of any research is identifying the question you want to answer. This is very important because the more you understand your question the more likely you are to obtain relevant results. The process of formulating a good search question is known in evidence-based health care as âthe well-built clinical question.â* One way of building your search question starts with the patient and is known as PICO.