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Resident Research Program
II. Requirements and Guidelines
A. Types of Projects
By the completion of your residency training at UTMB, each Pediatric resident will have completed one of three project types: a hypothesis driven scholarly research project, a case report, or a Cochrane review. Hypothesis-driven projects may be prospective or retrospective, and must use gathered data to validate or disprove the hypothesis. Alternatively, with the written approval of the project’s principal investigator, the Pediatric Resident may elect to fulfill the Pediatric Department’s hypothesis-driven research project requirements by completing a previously initiated research project. All hypotheses-driven research projects must be reviewed by the Pediatric Residents’ Scholarly Projects Sub-Committee (Sub-Committee) prior to submission to the IRB/IRC. The final results or preliminary data from this hypothesis-driven scholarly research project must be presented in poster format at the Residents’ Research Forum during the PL-3 training year.
In lieu of a hypothesis-driven research project, pediatric residents may satisfy their hypothesis-driven, scholarly project curriculum requirements by completing a Case report or a Cochrane review. This alternate, research activity must be reviewed by the Pediatric Residents’ Research Projects Sub-Committee prior to implementation and must be presented in poster format at the Residents’ Research Forum during the PL-3 training year.
B. Scholarly Presentation:
All pediatric residents must present the results or preliminary data of their research project in the form of a poster at the Resident Research Forum prior to completion of their training.
Additionally, all residents must enter their poster in the Texas Pediatric Society Electronic Poster Exhibit Contest during the resident’s last year of training.
D. Faculty Advisors (Mentors):
Each project must be done under the supervision of a faculty member and be approved by the faculty member prior to submission to the Sub-Committee.
E. Schedule:
Projects should be initiated during the first year to insure completion. The abstract of the project and the name of the faculty advisor should be reported to the Sub-Committee by January 1st of the PL-1 year. To ensure adequate progress and facilitate successful completion of all projects, quarterly progress meetings with the Sub-Committee will be scheduled on the following dates: January of the PL-2 year and September and January of the PL-3 year.
F. Special Research Time:
Dedicated research time may be granted to individual residents to perform specific tasks on research projects. Requests for special research time should be made to the Residency Program Director well in advance of the requested dates. All requests will be considered on their merits on a case-by-case basis, but the Program is generally disposed to supporting residents in their research efforts by granting dedicated time when indicated. Dedicated research time will generally not be available for library searches, literature reviews, or preparation of manuscripts.
G. Exemption:
Residents who have a doctoral degree (PhD) or are first author of a published paper may be exempt from the resident research curriculum but must present their work at the Resident Research Forum during their last year of training. They are not eligible for an award at the forum.
