Increasing resident research in a military internal medicine program.
The internal medicine residents from our training program rarely participated in scholarly activity prior to 1994. In an attempt to increase the quality and quantity of resident research, we initiated a research program that included: (1) a mandatory research project, (2) 2 months of dedicated research time, (3) appointment of a research director, (4) lectures on the critical appraisal of medical literature and research design, (5) technical support, (6) faculty mentoring, (7) a research meeting and competition involving five residency programs, and (8) military achievement awards. From 1994 to 1999, our house staff has had 134 research presentations and 21 manuscripts accepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals. Ninety percent of our residents presented at least one project at a scientific meeting by completion of their training between 1996 and 1999. Resident scholarly activity is significantly enhanced by a structured research program, an opportunity to present at a scientific meeting, and award recognition.
Internal Medicine Services Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200, USA.
Matthew J
MJ
Hepburn
Daniel F
DF
Battafarano
Raymond J
RJ
Enzenauer
Daniel J
DJ
Salzberg
Frederick T
FT
Murphy
Rita A
RA
Parisek
Kurt
K
Kroenke
D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000193:education*; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States