title: A competency-based model for research training during psychiatry residency.
abstract: The Institute of Medicine recently identified a critical shortage of psychiatrist-researchers and highlighted the need for competency-based curricula that promote research training during psychiatry residency as a way to address that shortage. In this article we review extant approaches to research training during psychiatry residency. We then identify five core elements necessary for promoting research training: (1) mentoring, (2) education, (3) experience, (4) time, and (5) support. We describe six interrelated domains of core research competencies that can be mastered gradually over the course of residency training: (1) research literacy, (2) content mastery of specific research topics, (3) principles of research design and methods, (4) principles of biostatistics, (5) presentation and writing skills, including grant writing, and (6) principles of responsible conduct of research. Finally, we propose a broadly applicable, developmental, competency-based framework for applying these core elements to research training during psychiatry residency.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Hesham.Hamoda@childrens.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Hesham M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hamoda
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: DeMaso
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mezzacappa
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017145:Models, Educational; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D013663:Teaching / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States