Resident Research Opportunities

As one of the program goals is for residents to be capable of and enthusiastic for scholarly pursuits in emergency medicine, scholarly activities are a mandatory component of the program. In addition to this, scholarly pursuits in education are encouraged and supported by the program. Residents are each expected to present one project at the annual Resident Research Day in the late winter of each year. In order to encourage quality work, residents may present project proposals, work in progress or completed work at the annual Resident Research Day.

Residents are supported in the scholarly endeavours in a number of ways. It is hoped that a resident will choose one larger project early in his/her residency that can be developed and completed over 3 to 5 years. This may be a research topic or may be a project in Medical Education, Emergency Medical Services or Medical Administration. In addition to start up "seed" money available, residents are given time and personelle support. The last academic half day of each month is stretched out into an academic full day. On these days there is no formal core content presentations rather residents are free to work on their projects and meet with their advisors. Dr. Rob Sedran faculty member who is designated as resident research coordinator however it is expected that each resident will have their own advisor. Shelley McLeod is the research program manager and is a resource for project design and clinical epidemiology.

Finally, there are monthly journal clubs which cover both current emergency medicine topics and issues of critical appraisal based on the popular "User's Guides to the Medical Literature".