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Dietetics & Nutrition

FNH 398 Class

Sept 11th - lecture:

Please review the following content prior to our class together Wednesday, Sept 11th @ 4:00 PM 

Medline (Ovid) - ~20 minutes of videos: Play all videos This content will be used in class for a quiz at the beginning of class and also for FNH 398 Assignment 1.

Sept 23rd - tutorial:

Monday, Sept 23 4:00-5:00 pm via Zoom. To make the most of your time during the tutorial: i) Create an Ovid Medline account. ii) Try searching. iii) Save your search. iv) Bring your questions to this tutorial!

Recommended: use the Medline Guided Exercise https://guides.library.ubc.ca/guided_search to build your search

FNH 398 Assignment 1 Tips

FAQs:

  • Question: Do I need to use all of the PICO elements in my search?

Answer: No. Often, you will simply search for the P & I, or P & O. Depending on the amount of literature, you may find that your results are too small if you search for P, I and O.

 

  • Question: Can I create a very different PICO question than the one listed in the scenario?

Scenario: You have a friend who was recently diagnosed with type II diabetes. Your friend heard that a ketogenic diet could cure diabetes, help with weight loss and provide much more energy and a sense of wellbeing.  Your friend wants to know whether the ketogenic diet is the magic bullet they’ve been looking for to improve their health.

Answer: There is some flexibility in your PICO - e.g. your friend may be a senior citizen, or pregnant, however you PICO should be based on the general scenario that has been provided.

From the Assignment description, "Using the scenario [...] as a guide, develop a clear question following the PICO framework. You do not need to include all of the components of the scenario in your PICO question; rather use this scenario to inspire a specific, searchable, and focused question. You can choose which age group, gender, life course stage (i.e. pregnant, breastfeeding, adult, senior) that is of interest for your hypothetical patient/population. There are more than one “correct” PICO questions that can emerge from this scenario, so keep your question clear and focused.

 

  • Question: What is the best truncation symbol for searching 0 to 1 character? eg. vitamin B, vitamin B1, vitamin B2....

Answer: To find 0 to 1 character e.g. vitamin B, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, etc., use the ? symbol. To find the literature on vitamin B12, you need to use two symbols e.g. vitamin b?? Do not use the truncation symbol: * e.g. vitamin b* as it will retrieve any words starting with b!

See: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:Truncation_and_Wildcard_Symbols for more guidance on truncation symbols

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