Wigdan Farah, MBBS

Mayo Clinic; Preventive Medicine Fellowship

The APTR-AHRQ rotation provided me with a great experience and exposure to the US Preventive Service Task Force work and methodology. During my remote rotation, I was able to work with great and supportive mentors and participate in several projects, AHRQ and Task Force meetings, and educational meetings, including verifying scientific references used in a draft recommendation statement and contributing to drafting questions for the "Putting Prevention into Practice" feature of the American Family Physician journal, in addition to creating a database with the most appropriate Task Force recommendation to address the need of a particular population. I also presented critical 
appraisal for a randomized control trial at journal club, participated in resident rounds, and attended USPSTF meetings.

What were the key concepts you learned during the rotation?
The process of developing evidence based recommendations and learning about the different strategies to tailor the recommendations to address the need of different populations.