Byrnes Abigail B, McCormack Francis X, Diers Tiffiny, Jazieh Abdul-Rahman
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
J Cancer Educ. 2007 Spring;22(1):47-9. doi: 10.1007/BF03174375.
Housestaff research training is a challenging task that is complicated by the lack of a structured process and dedicated time. The Resident Scholar Program (RSP) at the University of Cincinnati, Department of Internal Medicine was created to overcome these challenges.
Interested internal medicine house staff are required to submit an application to the residency research director including a project description signed by a faculty mentor. If the project is approved, a 4-month elective rotation is scheduled for the following year. Residents spend the first month on a consult service in the subspecialty area of their research and the remaining 3 months performing their research project. The RSP was launched in July 2003.
The percentage of residents participating in research more than tripled. The subspecialty areas represented by RSP research were more diverse than those represented in prior years. Most participants participated in clinical research projects (84%), with 63% of projects being prospective in design. The RSP residents were twice as likely to obtain subspecialty fellowship positions compared to non-RSP residents (89% vs 46%, respectively).
The RSP enables house staff to participate in research opportunities in their areas of interest. Development of a more systematic assessment method to study the impact of the program is underway, but the high participation rate reflects resident interest in such a program, particularly for residents with aspirations in pursuing fellowship training.
住院医师科研培训是一项具有挑战性的任务，因缺乏结构化流程和专门时间而变得复杂。辛辛那提大学内科系的住院医师学者项目（RSP）旨在克服这些挑战。
感兴趣的内科住院医师需向住院医师科研主任提交申请，包括由教员导师签署的项目描述。如果项目获批，次年将安排为期4个月的选修轮转。住院医师第一个月在其研究的亚专业领域的会诊服务部门工作，其余3个月进行他们的研究项目。RSP于2003年7月启动。
参与科研的住院医师比例增加了两倍多。RSP研究代表的亚专业领域比前几年更多样化。大多数参与者参与临床研究项目（84%），63%的项目设计为前瞻性研究。与非RSP住院医师相比，RSP住院医师获得亚专科 fellowship 职位的可能性高出两倍（分别为89%和46%）。
RSP使住院医师能够参与他们感兴趣领域的科研机会。正在开发一种更系统的评估方法来研究该项目的影响，但高参与率反映了住院医师对这样一个项目的兴趣，特别是对于有志于追求 fellowship 培训的住院医师。
