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Information Mastery: Applying EBM Principles at the Point-of-Care

5 A Framework

The 5A Framework

The Information Mastery process is guided by the steps of the 5A Framework:

  1. ASSESSING the patient or population
  2. ASKING a focused clinical question
  3. ACQUIRING the information needed efficiently
  4. APPRAISING it for relevance and validity
  5. APPLYING it back to the patient or population