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Guiding Resident Research Projects: A Roadmap to Success

Learn how to keep resident research projects on track, generate new ideas, and overcome challenges in conducting research. This guide covers essential elements, benefits, challenges, and project design aspects for successful resident research projects.

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Guiding Resident Research Projects: A Roadmap to Success

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  1. Precepting Successful Resident Research Projects Scott Aldridge, Pharm.D., BCPS Saint Luke’s Hospital of KC

  2. Disclosures none

  3. Objectives • Describe the elements of a research timeline to keep resident projects at a pace that will ensure completion. • Describe a systematic approach to generating new research project ideas for residents and/or students.

  4. ASHP Accreditation Standards Required Competency Areas for PGY1 Programs • 2015 standard • Goal R2.2: Demonstrate ability to evaluate and investigate practice, review data, and assimilate scientific evidence to improve patient care and/or the medication use system. www.ashp.org/menu/Residency/ResidencyAccreditation

  5. Benefits of conducting research • Learn project management • Work as a team • Advance patient care • Make a lasting mark • Contribute to medical literature • Promote pharmacy profession • Creative outlet

  6. Challenges of conducting research • Lack of experience • Unfamiliar environment • No contacts • Time

  7. “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” --Mark Twain

  8. www.ashp.org/DocLibrary/MemberCenter/NPF/Resident-Research-Timeline.pdf

  9. Start from the finish line Hit the ground running Include all deadlines Script the manuscript Keeping tabs Timeline Development

  10. Learning Assessment Which of the following may be useful to include in a research timeline? Deadlines for poster abstracts Periodic evaluations Manuscript draft deadlines All of the above

  11. Ideas and Project Selection

  12. Wants vs. Needs • Resident wants… • something interesting • to make an impact; have a lasting effect • to publish their work • Department needs… • to make fiscal impact • to justify new pharmacy services • to improve patient safety • to improve pharmacy operations

  13. Soliciting ideas

  14. Trimming the list • Defined purpose and objectives • Fiscal impact • Readiness • Doable in available timeframe • Data easily retrieved • Patient care/safety impact • Novel idea • Linkage to dept/institution goals • Publishable

  15. Research ranking tool

  16. Learning Assessment Which of these is a criterion for an ideal residency project? Broad scope with multiple objectives Ready for study by January 1 Data is easily retrievable from EMR Fiscal impact is negligible

  17. Project design “He who fails to plan, plans to fail.” --Anonymous

  18. Required elements • Background and study rationale • Study objectives • Endpoints • Study design • Inclusion/exclusion criteria • Comparators • Data collection methods • Sample size estimates • Data analysis plan • References

  19. Enlisting help

  20. Learning Assessment Which of these is a benefit of involving outside resources in projects? Better study design Students are cheap labor More efficient usage of time A and C only

  21. Key Points • Residents need direction • How to get started • Stay on track • Avoid pitfalls • Preceptors need help • More eyes = Better projects • Research Committee • Publication is the goal

  22. Questions? saldridge@saintlukeskc.org

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