Teaching research skills: Development and evaluation of a new research program for residents

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Since 1981, the internal medicine training program at Michigan State University has offered an elective research program for residents. Based on the literature and 10 years of experience in primary care faculty development, a research program was developed. It included (a) establishment of educational goals and resident expectations, (b) selection of a research director, (c) a structured research curriculum, (d) research meetings, (e) a research committee to review work, (f) protected time, and (g) a research presentation forum. The research program addressed the topics of critical reading skills, MEDLINE searching skills, basic research methodology, and scientific communication skills. Over the past 10 years, the residents’ scholarly activity has increased greatly as measured by the number of their presentations to state or national scientific meetings, their state and national awards, and their publications.

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