Onishi Kentaro, Karimi Danielle Perret, Hata Justin, Newcomb Robert, Cramer Steven C, Sharp Kelli, Reinkensmeyer David, Adcock Elise M
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center.
MedEdPORTAL. 2016 Aug 26;12:10443. doi: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10443.
The Badges Program is a self-directed supplement to a program's research curriculum. This step-by-step resource helps medical residents to understand the resources needed to conduct their own research project and fulfill the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requirements for scholarly activity.
The curriculum is completed over varying amounts of time depending on the intricacy of scholastic activities. Simple case reports may take as little as 1-2 weeks whereas months to years may be required if residents are completing more intricate and elaborate projects. Associated materials include a guide organized by topic followed by sequentially completed task assignments demonstrating the user has gained a basic understanding of the corresponding objective. Upon completing a task, the user obtains its educational badge, a virtual certificate of completion the program can then track with a simple checklist for progress. Several supplementary online articles review core concepts or provide examples and web-based tutorials for becoming proficient with using reference software. No faculty training is necessary. Residents go through the steps necessary to perform research so as to gain familiarity with the process.
Qualitative feedback obtained by informally surveying residents who have completed the Badges Program has been very positive, with residents reporting that the guide was easy to follow and the knowledge gained will help tremendously with future projects.
We hope that with feedback, this resource will be expanded and refined so every resident will be able to use the Badges Program regardless of previous skills, experience, and publications.
徽章计划是对项目研究课程的一种自主补充。这份循序渐进的资源有助于医学住院医师了解开展自己的研究项目所需的资源，并满足研究生医学教育认证委员会对学术活动的要求。
课程根据学术活动的复杂程度在不同时间内完成。简单的病例报告可能只需1至2周，而如果住院医师要完成更复杂精细的项目，则可能需要数月至数年时间。相关材料包括按主题组织的指南，随后是按顺序完成的任务作业，以证明用户已对相应目标有了基本了解。完成一项任务后，用户会获得其教育徽章，这是一份虚拟的完成证书，该计划随后可以通过一个简单的进度检查表进行跟踪。几篇补充在线文章回顾了核心概念，或提供了示例以及关于熟练使用参考软件的网络教程。无需教师培训。住院医师逐步完成开展研究所需的步骤，从而熟悉这个过程。
通过对完成徽章计划的住院医师进行非正式调查获得的定性反馈非常积极，住院医师表示该指南易于遵循，所获得的知识将对未来的项目有极大帮助。
我们希望通过反馈，能对这一资源进行扩展和完善，以便每个住院医师，无论其先前的技能、经验和发表情况如何，都能使用徽章计划。
