RRC requirements for research

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RRC requirements for research

• Kay Vydareny, Chair, Dx Rad RRC

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Program requirementsFaculty (III, B 4)

• The responsibility for establishing and
  maintaining an environment of inquiry and
  scholarship rests with the faculty, and an active
  research component must be included in each
  program.

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• While not all members of a teaching faculty must
  be investigators, the faculty as a whole must
  (demonstrate broad involvement)
• be involved in scholarly activity.

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• Scholarship is defined as the following
• Scholarship of discovery (peer-reviewed funding
  or publication of original research in a
  peer-reviewed journal)
• Scholarship of dissemination (review articles or
  chapters in texts)

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• Scholarship of application (publication or
  presentation of case reports of clinical series
  at local, regional or national mtgs)

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• Complementary to the above scholarship is the
  regular participation of the teaching staff in
  clinical discussions, rounds, journal clubs and
  research conferences in a manner that promotes a
  spirit of inquiry and scholarship

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• (eg, the offering of guidance and technical
  support for residents involved in research such
  as research design and statistical analysis) and
  the provision of support for residents
  participation in scholarly activities

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Program requirementsResidents (V, C)

• Each program must provide an opportunity for
  residents to participate in research or other
  scholarly activities, and residents must
  participate actively in such scholarly activities

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• All residents (should) must have training in
  critical thinking skills and (outcomes research)
  research design. During their training, all
  residents (should be encouraged to engage in an
  investigative project) must engage in a scholarly
  project under faculty supervision.

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• This may take the form, for example, of
  laboratory research, clinical research, the
  analysis of disease processes, imaging techniques
  or practice management issues. (or the
  retrospective analysis of data from patients, and)

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• The results of such projects (shall be suitable
  for publication or presentation) must be
  published or presented at local, regional or
  national scientific meetings. The program must
  specify how each project will be evaluated.

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Citations 2005

• 13 programs cited
• (48 reviewed27)
• 8 cited faculty
• 1 cited residents
• 4 cited faculty and residents

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Citations for faculty

• essentially no scholarly activity by faculty
• limited participation by faculty in scholarly
  activities resulting in publications. Only three
  of fourteen full-time faculty list any
  publications
• apart from VIR faculty, minimal scholarly
  activity in terms of peer reviewed publications

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• the surveyor noted from interviews with the
  faculty that the lack of dedicated time for
  research is a weakness of the program
• none of the facultyhas published an article in
  a refereed journal

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Citations for residents

• little support is given for residents to become
  involved in investigative activityPrograms must
  provide opportunities for residents to
  participate in research or other scholarly
  activities and residents must participate
  actively in such activities

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• no evidence of training in critical thinking
  skills or outcome research. Only one resident
  research project (2004) is listed
• none of theresidents has published an article
  in a refereed journal

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Conclusions

• Mandatory inolvement of faculty as a whole in
  scholarly activity
• Mandatory involvement of residents in a research
  project
• Mandatory training of residents in research
  design
• RRC will update the PIF to make certain that all
  types of scholarship can be documented