We strive for our residents to be life-long learners and to gain familiarity with a wide array of scholarly activities during training. Our residents receive didactics on research methods, study design, and quality improvement (QI) processes. Residents have protected time in time in all four years of training to conduct quality improvement (QI) and scholarly activity. In addition to our program faculty, we have a designated Graduate Medical Education (GME) Research Director, who is available to facilitate resident QI and research projects.
Residents can collaborate on a research project with a member of the KP Division of Research (DOR). Located in Oakland, CA, the DOR is one of the largest non-university and non-government-based epidemiology research groups in the nation. The DOR has a rich history of producing landmark studies utilizing the KP Healthcare System’s clinical population (with over four million KP members in Northern California) and multigenerational databases. The DOR has a section devoted to mental health research with a core group of scientists, who can serve as research mentors. Residents may also collaborate with DOR analysts for support with statistical analysis.
Residents are expected to complete the following scholarly activities prior to graduation:
- Completion of all Internal Review Board (IRB) and research training modules
- One of the following:
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- Submission of a Case Report for publication
- Submission of a Book Chapter for publication
- Submission of a Manuscript for publication
- Presentation of a Poster at a regional or national conference
- An Oral Presentation at a regional or national conference
- Completion of a QI project and presentation of the results in any of the formats specified above
- Serving on a regional or national committee