Expert Searching: Patient, Intervention, Control, and Outcome (PICO): An Overrated Tool

Submitted by Wichor M. Bramer, Medical Library, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; edited by I. Diane Cooper, AHIP Many searches start with the creation of a scheme incorporating patient, intervention, control, and outcome (PICO). Medical students are taught to create a PICO before every search. But is this necessary for a good…