Research in General Surgery

The Residency Evaluation and Standards Committee (RESC) requires all residents to demonstrate the ability to synthesize and apply medical research data by writing an original scientific research paper. The Program provides the resources and requires that all Residents meet this requirement. Through this process, the resident should improve cognitive skills, and learn to manage and communicate medical information. This requirement is met by:

Scholarly project

Each Resident will be expected to do a scholarly project of his/her choice on clinical research, medical education research, a community-based effort of a practice improvement outcome every year of their residency. Residents will be expected to attend sessions for review and evaluation of their projects, discussion of study design, techniques and analysis.

• Original Scientific or Clinical Research: Residents may select a quantitative or qualitative approach to original scientific or clinical research including literature review, case study, and new surgical procedure report.
• Medical Education Research: Improvements in Medical Education have led to more effective training processes and programs for medical students and residents. Residents who wish to pursue a medical education research project must identify a process or program need, review the current literature, perform a needs assessment, and design, implement and evaluate the proposed improvement project.