An Evidence Map is a method to review available evidence regarding a topic systematically.
Before you complete your Clinical Evidence Map:
- Read the article “What is an Evidence Map? A Systematic Review of Published Evidence Maps and Their Definitions, Methods, and Products. (Links to an external site.)”
Instructions
Identify your PICO question (it may be one of you have used in this course). Then, create a clinical evidence map regarding published evidence and type evidence you found to support your PICO.
Refer to Figure 1: Literature flow on page 4 of the article “What is an evidence map? A systematic review of published evidence maps and their definitions, methods, and products” as a sample.
Clinical Evidence Mapping Options
These are available resources to help you complete your clinical evidence map. You may use any of these options or any other mapping tools that you find.
- MindMup (Links to an external site.)
- Lucidchart (Links to an external site.)
- iMindMap (Links to an external site.)
- Draw by hand and upload a picture
Citation: Miake-Lye, I. M., Hempel, S., Shanman, R., & Shekelle, P. G. (2016). What is an evidence map? A systematic review of published evidence maps and their definitions, methods, and products. Systematic Reviews 5(28). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0204-x
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