PICO/CAT table
| Rotation # and Type | Week # | PICO/Mini-CAT | Question |
| RT 1 – Urgent Care | WK 1 | PICO | Does vitamin D supplementation affect the risk or severity of SARS-CoV-19 in patient population over 65? |
| WK 2 | PICO | Does packing of a drained abscess affect pain scores and healing time? | |
| WK 4 | PICO | How effective is switching to e-cigarettes from smoking actual cigarettes in prevention of lung cancer and decreasing oxidative stress on a lung? | |
| RT 2 – Emergency Medicine | WK 2 | PICO | Does intensity of anticoagulation for Covid patients affect patient outcomes such as D-dimer down trending, Venous thromboembolism rates and 30-day mortality? |
| WK 4 | PICO | Is hospital mortality in trauma patients requiring ED intubation associated with the choice of induction agent (i.e. etomidate vs. ketamine)? | |
| RT 3 – Family Medicine | WK 2 | PICO | Are alpha-blockers effective for promoting stone expulsion and decreasing pain in kidney stone patients? |
| WK 3 | PICO | Is surgical intervention (arthroscopic release, manipulation under anesthesia) superior to conservative treatment (physical therapy, glucocorticoid injections) for adhesive capsulitis in terms of decreasing pain and increasing range of motion? | |
| WK 4 | PICO | Does fluoride added to drinking water cause neurocognitive development delay and lowered IQ levels in pediatric population of 4 years old? | |
| RT 4 – Long Term Care | WK 2 | PICO | Is Surgical Aortic Valve replacement (SAVR) superior to Transcatheter approach (TAVR) for intermediate risk patients in terms of mortality, rates of endocarditis, and stroke? |
| Mini- CAT | Does fluoride added to drinking water cause neurocognitive development delay and lowered IQ levels in pediatric population of 4 years old? | ||
| RT 5 – Psychiatry | WK 1 | PICO | Is Esketamine nasal spray an effective treatment for patients who failed 2 or more oral antidepressant treatments? (treatment resistant depression) |
| WK 2 | PICO | Is psilocybin-assisted therapy efficacious among patients with major depressive disorder improving the mood state and depression score scale? | |
| RT 6 – Internal Medicine | Mini-CAT | Is Surgical Aortic Valve replacement (SAVR) superior to Transcatheter approach (TAVR) for intermediate risk patients in terms of mortality, rates of endocarditis, and stroke? | |
| RT 7 – Pediatrics | WK 2 | PICO | Does tonsillectomy decrease number of episodes of sore throat per year and affect neurocognitive outcomes for patients with OSA and recurrent tonsillitis? |
| WK 3 | PICO | For Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM), is Surgical Myectomy (SM) superior to Alcohol Septal Ablation (ASA) in terms of need for a permanent pacemaker, long term left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) gradient reduction and overall mortality? | |
| WK 4 | PICO | What effect would strengthening non-medical MMR vaccine exemption policies would have on a health and economic burden of measles in United States? | |
| RT 8 – Surgery | CAT | Does tonsillectomy decrease number of episodes of sore throat per year and affect neurocognitive outcomes for patients with OSA and recurrent tonsillitis? |
