Throughout these past few weeks my team, the Seadogs, have changed our PICOT question once. We did this so we can widen our search because we were having a difficult time finding articles that fit our question. I think our topic was a bit too specific and it made it very difficult to find articles that fit all aspects of our question. Our PICOT now is, “what is the effect of hormonal contraceptives on risk of thromboembolism formation?”. Before we had a small age range (15-30) and were comparing specific birth controls; pill and copper IUD. Personally, my biggest challenge has been getting into the habit of looking at all aspects of the article. I used to find a research article and not worry about if it was primary, secondary, or a review. Each one of us in the group struggled with finding adequate articles. I’d say it has been the weakest point of team Seadog’s so far. 

Although we had our struggles, the biggest success in my team is our ability to be flexible and work with one another. We are all so willing to listen when someone has a suggestion. We also all put in our input before reaching a decision. At times, not all of us understood the assignment. We would be patient with one another and explain it. I think our open communication has allowed us to move forward past our mistakes and will allow us to be successful with this assignment.