A competency based development of knowledge and skills in Research Skills through direct basic science or clinical investigation. - Establish your mentor and project prior to starting the rotation. Ideally this is at least 2 to 3 months before, giving you time to complete HIPAA training, literature review, etc.
- Communicate with your mentor regarding ideal timing of the rotation. Complete the Research Rotation Forms for approval (Click here). Read the Research Rotation Policies Form (p.1) and sign/date. Please complete and obtain appropriate signatures for the Research Elective form (p. 2). Return these forms to Gina Hollis.
- Complete the CITI (Collaborative IRB Training Initiative) online (https://www.citiprogram.org/). MUST TAKE THIS TEST IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON DOING RESEARCH BLOCK! Modules required for Social Behavioral Research Investigators and research personnel who submit protocols to the Social Behavioral IRB panel E are # 1-11, and #14. If you are conducting research at the VA, you are required to take module 13. A score of 70% or more is considered a passing score. See Intro to Research block letter for more info.
- ALL of these documents (Research Rotation Policy Form, Research Elective Form, Certificate of CITI Course Completion) need to be submitted before you start your research block(s). For information on Human Subjects Training Requirements, click: http://www.research.northwestern.edu/oprs/irb/subjects/.
- Residents will be expected to present their research at the annual Northwestern Internal Medicine Resident Research Poster Day in April.
- Residents are encouraged to maintain active research even after completion of the rotation, throughout their residency training. Residents will also be encouraged to submit their research for publication, regional and national conferences and poster sessions with potential funding from the Department of Medicine. Click here for information of research awards and conference deadlines.
- Ambulatory Clinics will remain scheduled during this 1 to 2 month rotation.
- You may be scheduled for Night float duties, Air Call or Vacation during this block. Please check your schedule in advance.
You will be evaluated by your research mentor and on the completion of your presentation for the research symposium. Review the Practice-based Learning and Improvement Competency. Click here The goal of the resident research program is for the resident physician to gain a greater understanding of the scientific method and the acquisition of new knowledge through a mentored research experience. PGY1 - Learn to access, appraise, and assimilate the current medical literature.
- Understand the difference between Case Reports, Case Series, Case-Control Study, Cohort Study.
- Understand differences between Odds Ratio and Relative Risk.
PGY2,3 - Develop skills in forming a study question.
- Gain an understanding of the scientific method by designing and writing a research protocol.
- Learn about research ethics, informed consent, and the regulatory approvals process by completing HIPPA compliance training and by obtaining necessary approval for the conduct of the proposed research project.
- Understand the importance of data collection templates for accurate and efficient analysis at study completion.
- Understand basic biostatistics and analysis of data including multivariate regression analysis.
- Develop skills in writing empirical research reports.
- Become familiar with the journal submission process.
- Write a Journal Article Review
Reading the Medical Literature - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
- JAMA's Users' Guides to the Medical Literature (also known as Users' Guides Interactive)
- BMJ How to read a paper (series of articles from BMJ)
- Riegelman RK. Studying a study and testing a test: how to read the medical evidence. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
- Katz MH. Multivariable analysis: a practical guide for clinicians. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. (Located at the Galter Library on the second floor, Call number: WA 950 K196m 2006)
- Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. Evidence-based medicine. A new approach to teaching the practice of medicine. JAMA. 1992 Nov 4;268(17):2420-5 (Available in the journal stacks at the Galter Library)
- Hulley SB, Cummings SR, Browner WS, et al. Designing Clinical Research. Third Edition, 2007. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA. (Located at the Galter Library on the second floor, Call number: WA 950 D457 2007). The second edition is availble online.
- Users' guide to the medical literature. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. Drummond Rennie, ed. 2008. American Medical Association, Chicago, IL. (Located at the Galter Library on the second floor, Call number: WB 102.5 U845 2008; also available electronically as Users' Guides Interactive)
- Cook DJ, Mulrow CD, Haynes RB. Systematic reviews: synthesis of best evidence for clinical decisions. Ann Int Med, 1997;126:376-380.
Basic Statistics - HyperStat Online Textbook (http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html)
- Rosner BA. Fundamentals of biostatistics. 6th ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Duxbury, 2006. (Located at the Galter Library on the second floor, Call number: QH 323.5 R822f 2006)
- BMJ Statistics at square one
- StatSoft Electronic Textbook (http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html)
- Dawson B, Trapp RG. Basic and Clinical Biostatistics, 4th edition, 2004. McGraw-Hill Companies, US
- Goodman SN. Toward evidence-based medical statistics. 1: The p value fallacy. Ann Int Med, 1999;130:995-1004.
- Goodman SN. Toward evidence-based medical statistics. 2: The Bayes factor. Ann Int Med, 1999;130:1005-1013.
Statistics software - Epi Info (http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/)
- Power calculator: (http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/PowerSampleSize)
Using Databases - Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Resources on Galter Website
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