Megan Harper, MD, PhD, MS
University of Kentucky

I chose to rotate with AHRQ because I am interested in health policy and public health recommendation development and dissemination. This rotation afforded me access to these aspects of Preventive Medicine that are unavailable at other rotation sites with my residency program. I helped with projects involving conflict of interest disclosures for task force members and USPFTF recommendation summaries for the past 5 years. Through this rotation I was exposed to the various interworkings of USPSTF recommendation inception, development, review, modification, and release to the public. I learned that there is much more to this process than I initially thought. There are many additional aspects within the TF methodology that I do not feel that I adequately appreciated prior to this rotation. I truly appreciate the thoughtfulness and appraisal of the evidence at all levels now.