Career Development for Residents
Many graduate medical education progams at UCSF are working to facilitate clinical and translational research opportunities for residents who plan to make research a part of their careers. CTST has established a research elective and other initiatives to help promote residents' career development. The goals are to create opportunities for all residents to gain a foundational understanding of clinical and translational research methods and evidence-based medicine skills, and to inspire and facilitate residents to pursue future opportunities for career development as investigators.
Building Skills
Designing Clinical Research for Residents and Students (Epi 150.03). This course requires 50% protected time and will be taught twice a year in a one-month format (in August and February). Modeled after the highly successful summer clinical research workshop of the Training in Clinical Research (TICR) program, the elective will lead residents through the essential components for writing a clinical research protocol, developed around their own clinical research question. The tangible product of the course is a 5-page clinical research protocol. The residents will attend bi-weekly group lectures and small resident-only seminar groups led by core faculty for the CTST resident initiative (Drs. Bauer, Learman, and von Scheven) with additional faculty participating to meet resident enrollment.
Prerequisites and Registration. It is highly recommended that residents receive mentorship and additional guidance regarding the selection of a suitable research project from a member of their home Department prior to the course. The CTST is sponsoring residents who wish to take this course by paying their course fee of $1,100. A detailed schedule with registration information and deadlines appears at the Epi 150.03 link above.
For those residents with at least one year of protected time for research, we encourage enrollment in the Advanced Training in Clinical Research Program Certificate Program (ATCR). Residents pursuing ATCR without Departmental support should consult CTST to determine the availability of tuition assistance.
Clinical and Translational Research Area of Distinction. For residents who plan to pursue research careers, the research elective or ATCR program will be supplemented by a series of Longitudinal Resident Research Seminars teaching advanced topics and providing a venue for works-in-progress presentations. Several Departments have already established on-going seminars for this purpose. CTST is working to expand access to these seminars to accommodate residents from multiple Departments and to promote co-mentoring across departments.
Building a Research Community
Resident Research Symposia. CTST will sponsor the first annual UCSF Multi-Disciplinary Clinical/Translational Science Research Symposium for Residents on May 12th, 2008 in Millbury Union from 2-5:30pm. This research symposium will provide an opportunity for residents to present their work to their peers across the UCSF Departments. Selected abstracts will be accepted for oral and poster presentation. This program is designed for clinical trainees with a professional degree who are involved in clinical and translational research endeavors.
We are delighted to announce that the keynote speaker for the symposium will be A. Eugene Washington, MD, MSc, UCSF Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost. Dr. Washington's distinguished career in clinical and translational research includes numerous landmark publications in women's health focusing on epidemiology, outcomes, and clinical decision-making in diverse populations. A member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Washington is the former chair of the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and is a founding co-director of the UCSF Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations.
Application Instructions and Deadlines:
To register for this event (faculty and residents), please email Olivia De Leon.
To submit an abstract, please download the abstract submission (Word document), complete each section, and email to Olivia De Leon.
- Application deadline: 4/14/08
For questions please contact Olivia De Leon.
Longitudinal Resident Research Seminars. The seminars are described above under Building Skills; however, they also play an important role in building a research community. The seminars will be supplemented by other programs designed to encourage resident participation in research, such as journal clubs, dinner programs with high profile speakers, and funds for pilot data.
Mentoring
Successful resident research training requires a significant commitment to mentoring by the home Departments. Although ATCR-trained and other qualified faculty are increasingly found in most clinical Departments, their availability is not uniform across all residency programs. CTST is committed to work with Departments and help them identify faculty development resources and build successful mentorship programs.
Resident Research Funding
Background The Resident Clinical and Translational Research Funding program is designed to provide up to $2000 per academic year to UCSF residents for qualified clinical and translational research expenses not covered by their mentor or other sources. Applications will be accepted twice a year and the most meritorious projects will be funded. The funds may be used for qualified research expenses as defined by official UCSF policy, including materials, tuition, design and biostatistics consultation, analytic support, and travel to present the project at a research meeting. Basic science applications which do not include human subjects or use human specimens will not be accepted. Hardware and software purchases, and travel for purposes other than to present an abstract are permitted if required by the project, but are generally considered less worthy of funding than other expenditures. Hardware purchased with these funds remains University property and must be returned when you leave UCSF. Salary support and entertainment are not permitted. Priority for funding will be based upon the quality of the research protocol, feasibility and the potential to advance the applicant's research career.
Funding Requirements
- must be a full-time UCSF resident in the School of Medicine at the time funds are awarded, and must be able to complete data collection and analysis for the specified project while a resident. Students and fellows are not eligible.
- must have a faculty mentor who submits a letter of support
- must use funds in the 12 months following the award
- must use funds for the activities detailed in the application
- must be willing to give yearly updates on the status of the project until completion
Application Instructions and Deadlines Download the Word document (Word document), complete each section, and email to Olivia De Leon.
- Application deadline: 12/1/07 and 4/1/08
- Notification of funding: 12/15/07 and 4/15/08
Contacts Please contact Olivia De Leon with questions.
CTST Contacts
For further information about Epi 150.03, please contact Olivia De Leon. For information about other training opportunities for residents, please contact one of the following:
Doug Bauer MD, CTST Associate Director for Resident Research Training. Dr. Bauer is Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Lee Learman MD, PhD, CTST Resident Research Co-Director and Director of Curricular Affairs for Graduate Medical Education. Dr. Learman is Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Emily von Scheven MD, CTST Resident Research Co-Director. Dr. von Scheven is Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Pediatric Rheumatology.