Blog entry module 3
Question# 1 CLINICAL PROBLEM
My choice of clinical problem first was the CHIP program; I searched this because that is what I was doing my fact sheet on for the leadership class and is something that I regularly follow. However the search did not yield 10 pages as needed for the assignment so I then searched Cystic fibrosis which is another interest of mine and which I thought would be useful information to have for the upcoming Genetics class. My choice of index was PubMed. The first search I did with the CHIP program was more difficult to conduct because of the Acronyms it first gave me a lot of scientific data about scientific chip devices. Once I put in the whole program name it was easier but there was also some confusion as a federally funded program. The cystic fibrosis search was definitely straight forward, even when I narrowed the search to such areas as genetics and diagnosis, and management, however, the list was long and still multifaceted. I think the use of PubMed would be reasonable to use for more doing a literature research review and when I wanted a lot of information from multiple sources. However to use this for quick retrieval of information relevant to clinical practice would not be reasonable. Even when I narrowed down my search to include management there was too much information to sift in order to find that one relevant article that may address my specific management inquiry.