Discuss main components of a research question. Discuss main components of a research question (this is a general discussion and you can discuss health system research of research as a general term)

Discuss main components of a research question. Discuss main components of a research question (this is a general discussion and you can discuss health system research of research as a general term)

· Cheryl Week 2
Discuss main components of a research question (this is a general discussion and you can discuss health system research of research as a general term)
There are many components of a research question. These components help you define what your scope and what you are actually looking for. The main components are:

P- Population-who is your target audience. What is the population of interest you are researching and what is the medical diagnosis per se? This could be patients with cancer; this could be animals as well. Make sure your population is well defined though and not too broad which can take you off topic.

I-Intervention/Exposure–What leadership strategy, diagnostic test or exposures are you interested in. Such as patients who were exposed to respiratory chemicals in the 9-11 attacks

C-Compare-This would be an alternative option from the one you used in I/E. This could also be called your control (Cochrane, n.d.) Does this translate to Efficacy – vs. control or placebo or comparative efficacy – vs. standard therapy (Campbell, n.d.)

O-Outcomes-This would be the expected outcome from your population group.

The goal is to write the research question using all 4 acronyms. You can also add a timeframe in with your questions such as in the past 60 days or by doing x in the past 5 years to help narrow down your research question.