A common way to get started looking for research articles is by using the PICO method. PICO includes the following elements:
| P | Population |
| I | Intervention or treatment |
| C | Comparison |
| O | Outcome |
Adults with schizophrenia are struggling to graduate from college.
Nurses are struggling to successfully place PICCs (peripherally inserted central catheters) in babies.
Hospital patients are suffering high rates of cross infection (infections acquired in the hospital)