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Research Training Track for Residents Print E-mail

Background and Goals

 
The overall goal is to prepare anesthesiology residents for a career in academic anesthesiology.  It is expected that residents completing this track will be recruited to join the core academic faculty in the Department of Anesthesiology.
 
Resident Selection
 
This program will consist of 1-2 residents each year.  Resident will be selected from the resident applicant pool and will undergo a separate selection process.  Resident applicants who indicate an interest in this track will initially go through the usual interview process, at which time they will be screened for admission to this track.  Candidates will then be invited for a second round of interviews at which time they will meet with the core research faculty for this program.
 
Outline of Training Track
 
Residents will spend the first 24 months doing clinical work.  For the remainder of the five-year continuum, residents in this training track will spend an average of 2 days a week on research and didactics.   In order to meet the ABA training requirements, residents may be required to complete an additional PGY5 year.   
 
At the completion of the PGY4 year, residents will be expected to apply for a FAER grant (or equivalent). 
 
It is anticipated that residents accepted to this track will join the faculty and receive 60% non-clinical time for 2 years.  Junior faculty in this track will be expected to apply for a    K grant (or equivalent) within this two-year period.  After this two-year period, non-clinical time will be a function of the amount of independent funding, and the level of academic productivity. 
 
Residents in the training track will receive a lab allowance of $10,000/year to help support their research expenses.
 
 
Mentoring
 
Residents in the training track will be expected to identify one or two research mentors by the end of their second year of residency.  It is expected that one of these mentors will be externally funded. If a resident selects a primary mentor outside of the Department, he/she will also be expected to identify a secondary mentor within the Department. 
 
 
Didactics
 
Residents entering this track will be encouraged to develop an individualized didactic curriculum, after consultation with their mentor(s) that will provide them with the requisite skill set to become an independent investigator.  Depending on their prior training, residents will be encouraged (but not required) to obtain a Masters degree in a relevant area (e.g. MS in Clinical Investigation, MS in Translational Research, MS in Biostatistics, MPH).  The time course for completion of such a degree can vary between 2 to 5 years.
 
Lab Work
 
Residents in the training track will spend, on the average, two days a week working in the laboratory of their mentor (the initial 18 months of clinical work will not include any protected research time).   A laboratory is loosely defined as the research environment of the resident's mentor (e.g. basic science lab, respiratory physiology lab).  Depending on the nature of the research, residents, after consultation with their mentor and the residency program director, can elect to spend longer blocks of time (e.g. one week blocks) doing research, alternating with clinical weeks. 
Last Updated ( Friday, 12 June 2009 12:51 )