| Rotation and # | Week # | PICO/CAT Mini-Question |
| Surgery, Rt 1 | 1 | Are dressings saturated with silver more effective at reducing surgical site infections than silver-free dressings in postoperative patients? |
| Surgery, Rt 1 | 2 | Is music therapy beneficial as a non-pharmacological adjunct to pain management for patients in the PACU as compared to only pharmacologic intervention? |
| Surgery, Rt 1 | 4 | Is scrubbing with Chlorhexidine superior to povidone-iodine as an antiseptic antibacterial agent in achieving antisepsis before surgery? |
| Family Medicine, Rt 2 | 2 | Does screening for prostate cancer with PSA testing decrease prostate cancer mortality? |
| Family Medicine, Rt 2 | 4 | Is universal depression screening in primary care beneficial for detecting depression and depression outcomes compared to no screening? |
| Ambulatory Medicine, Rt 3 | 2 | In patients with recurrent UTIs, does bacterial interference with asymptomatic bacteriuria protect against recurrent UTIs as a non-antibiotic treatment alternative? |
| Ambulatory Medicine, Rt 3 | 3 | Is Tamsulosin therapy as an adjunctive medical therapy after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) more effective than lithotripsy alone in the treatment of kidney stones? |
| Ambulatory Medicine, Rt 3 | 4 | Is there an indication for Metformin as a management for prediabetes in the prevention of Type 2 diabetes? |
| Pediatrics, Rt 4 | 4 | Final Mini-CAT: RT 1 WK 2 PICO (music therapy) |
| Long Term Care, Rt 5 | 1 | Does hormone replacement therapy (HRT) improve Alzheimer’s disease-related cognitive decline in post-menopausal women? |
| Long Term Care, Rt 5 | 2 | Is tai chi exercise effective for the prevention of falls in the elderly? |
| Emergency Medicine, Rt 6 | 1 | Is the short-axis technique associated with greater success than the long-axis technique for ultrasound-guided peripheral IV placement (USGPIV)? |
| Emergency Medicine, Rt 6 | 4 | Final Mini-CAT: RT 6 WK 1 PICO (USGPIV) |
| Psychiatry, Rt 7 | 4 | Final CAT: Is antibiotic prophylaxis beneficial in reducing morbidity and mortality in patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis? |
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