Rotation # and Type | Week # | PICO/Mini-CAT | Question |
RT 1- Pediatrics | 1 | PICO | Do distractions during any type of vaccination lower the pain scores in young children when compared to not using distractions? |
RT 1- Pediatrics | 2 | PICO | In low-birth-weight/pre-term neonates in health facilities, is Kangaroo Mother Care more effective than conventional care in reducing mortality and/or morbidity? |
RT 1- Pediatrics | 4 | PICO | For neonates with sepsis should antibiotic mono-therapy replace currently recommended combination therapy as first line empiric treatment for preventing death and sequelae? |
RT 2- Family Med | 2 | PICO | For patients 65 years and older how does the influenza vaccine compared to not giving the vaccine influence the risk of developing pneumonia? |
RT 2- Family Med | 4 | PICO | For patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis, how does the use of antibiotics versus not receiving antibiotics influence the outcome of the disease? |
RT 3- OBGYN | 2 | PICO | Are pregnant patients who receive an amniocenteses or CVS at higher risk, than women who do not have these procedures, for having a miscarriage? |
RT 3- OBGYN | 3 | PICO | For postpartum cesarean section pain, will nurse-controlled anesthesia provide greater results (less pain, based on pain scores VAS) than patient controlled-anesthesia? |
RT 3- OBGYN | 4 | PICO | For postpartum hemorrhage, will routine administration of oxytocin prove to be more effective in preventing PPH than administering misoprostol? |
RT 4- Emergency Medicine | 4 | Mini-CAT | Are pregnant patients who receive an amniocenteses or CVS at higher risk, than women who do not have these procedures, for having a miscarriage? |
RT 5 – Internal Medicine | 1 | PICO | Are patients with SLE at greater risk of developing CV events? |
RT 5 – Internal Medicine | 2 | PICO | Are patients with cancer at greater risk for committing suicide when compared to people who don’t have cancer? |
RT 6- LTC | 1 | PICO | Does laughter therapy help to improve the quality of life in geriatric patients? |
RT 6- LTC | 4 | Mini-CAT | Does laughter therapy help to improve the quality of life in geriatric patients? |
RT 7- Surgery | 2 | PICO | Does exercise reduce pain and improve function before hip and knee replacement surgery? |
RT 7 – Surgery | 3 | PICO | Do surgical patients that receive sutures have a better outcome than patients that receive staples for wound closure? |
RT 7 – Surgery | 4 | PICO – Public Health | Does prenatal exposure to PFAs increase the risk of developing autism in the unborn child? |
RT 9- Psychology | 4 | CAT | Do surgical patients that receive sutures have a better outcome than patients that receive staples for wound closure? |