Resident Research Is a Priority
We have tailored our research and quality improvement curriculum to ensure our residents produce qualitative, evidence-based medical research projects that contribute to their learning, the knowledge of their peers and faculty, and the specialty as a whole. Our expectation is that a graduating resident is prepared to complete the American Board of Pediatric’s Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part 4 requirement.
Scholarly Activity Passports
We have developed a Scholarly Activity Passport for each year of training that guides residents through a longitudinal educational experience on scholarly activity. The curriculum has nine sessions each year (27 sessions over residency), completed during Y-weeks, with four hours in each of those weeks dedicated to research. The Office of Education and our clinical divisions are proud to provide funding to support residents presenting their work at regional, national and international conferences once during their training.
PGY1 Passport
The PGY1 Passport is designed to provide a base-knowledge of quality and process improvment projects. At the end of the academic year, interns will at minimum have identified a project and a mentor. Passport activities include online-training modules on project management, process mapping, human design factors, and CITI training, as well as in-person meetings with clinical librarians and ACH research staff.
PGY2 Passport
During the PGY2 year, residents will impliment their QI project, completing PDSA cycles and observing outcomes. They will work with their mentor to understand and process the data, and depending on their professional needs could elect to turn the project at its current state into a presentable product or submit for publication during this time. At the end of the academic year, residents will submit QI documentation and begin their progress summary report. PGY2 Passport activities include statisical foundations online training modules, an in-person meeting with the ACH Manger of Process Improvement, and article reviews on poster design and presentation.
PGY3 Passport
The PGY3 year is when the resident will coalesce the data gained in the PGY2 year, complete and PDSA cycles and submit their summary reports to their class APD for review. Passport activities reflect this sense of ‘wrapping it up’: updating CITI training if needed, an in-person meeting with ACH medical staff support services, and uploading final reports. PGY3 residents are also required to present their QI project during the annual Trainee Research Week.