title: The psychiatry resident research experience.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Research activity is especially critical in the field of psychiatry as it is evolving rapidly thanks to advances in neuroscience.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We administered a 34-item survey regarding research experiences targeted at psychiatry residents and postgraduate residency program directors in Canada. One hundred and nineteen participants answered the survey (16 program directors, 103 residents) allowing for a margin of error of 8.4% at a 95% confidence interval. Research was rated as important in informing clinical practice (87.0% yes, 13.0% no), but only 28.7% of respondents reported that it was taught well at their home institution (33.0% no, 38.3% neutral). Only a small proportion was enthusiastic or very enthusiastic about participating in research (21.7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While the importance of research is recognized, there is little consensus with respect to whether a standardized research practicum component is included in the resident curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. fmacmast@ucalgary.ca.|Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. fmacmast@ucalgary.ca.|Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. fmacmast@ucalgary.ca.|Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. fmacmast@ucalgary.ca.|Strategic Clinical Network for Addictions and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. fmacmast@ucalgary.ca.|Child and Adolescent Imaging Research Program, University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, 2888 Shaganappi Trail NW, Calgary, AB, T3B 6A8, Canada. fmacmast@ucalgary.ca.
authors.forename: Frank P
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7159-7583
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: MacMaster
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Jordan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Waqar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Waheed
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.|Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Magaud
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.|Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sembo
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.|Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Lisa Marie
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Langevin
authors.affiliation: Strategic Clinical Network for Addictions and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rittenbach
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D012106:Research / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: CanMEDS; Psychiatry; Research; Residents; Scholar