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Using Research Evidence: Asking Clinical Questions
Session overview
Description
In this session you will learn how to formulate a clear clinical question, and how to find research evidence to answer clinical questions. This is a level 1 (introductory) module, written for health professionals working in sexual health.

Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Formulate a clear clinical question
• Find summaries of evidence including systematic reviews and clinical guidelines
• Plan a literature search to address a clinical question

Asking and answering clinical questions

You probably do your best to base your clinical decisions on the research evidence, but it is impossible to keep up with the mountains of evidence published in medical journals [1](read details regarding the reference) [2](read details regarding the reference).

This session will teach you how to efficiently find research evidence to answer questions which come up in the course of being a sexual health practitioner or manager providing health services.

The first step in searching for evidence is being clear exactly what you would like to know; in other words, formulating a clear question [3](read details regarding the reference).