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Research Requirements

The resident is required to develop an Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved, research proposal and answer a specific research question. This can be accomplished as new, individual project or as part of an existing, IRB-approved protocol with multiple sub-projects.

Specific milestones are established, and residents are expected to meet them as they progress towards their final product. These milestones are a suggested timeline and residents should strive to accomplish or surpass these suspense dates in advance. These milestones are as follows:

Date Task
June 15th of the first year CITI Training
June 15th of the first year Research question submitted to PD or RD
June 30th of the first year Complete research course and site-specific protocol development form 
June 30th of the first year Construct a research plan of action
June 30th of the first year Identify faculty mentor
July 31st of the first year Protocol rough draft submission
July 31st of the first year Identify the roles of all participants. In general, only one DSc Candidate can claim to be the lead associate investigator on a study. Large studies with multiple components may be able to support multiple Candidates, but this must be approved in advance.
August 15th of the first year Protocol faculty revisions complete
August 31st of the first year Final draft of protocol submitted to IRB
December 1st of the first year Data collection begins
January 15th of the last year First two chapters completed and turn in to the academic advisors/ mentors
February 1st of the last year Chapter 1 and 2 faculty revisions complete
March 15th of the last year Chapter 3 of the manuscript turn in to the academic advisors/ mentors
April 1st of the last year Chapter 3 faculty revisions complete
June 1st of the last year Data collection complete
July 1st of the last year Submit proof of Case Report, Grant, 2nd protocol, or QA/QI submission to PD
July 1st of the last year Chapter 4 & 5 rough draft of completed project submitted to PD and RD
July 15th of the last year Rough draft completed project faculty revisions complete 
August 1st of the last year Rough draft of PowerPoint and poster due
August 15th of the last year Faculty revisions of PowerPoint and poster complete
August 15th of the last year Manuscript draft sent to DSc Candidate’s doctoral defense committee chairperson
September 1st of the last year Advancement to candidacy/DDC forms due to the Program Chair

 
September 1st of the last year Final draft of research project products submitted to PD and RD. This includes the manuscript, PowerPoint presentation, and poster (i.e., “final three”).
October 1st of the last year Final three products submitted by the Program Director to the MEDCoE Graduate School 
September 1st through October 31st of the last year Oral defense rehearsals
November 1st – 30th of the last year Final oral defense of research project
December 1st of the last year Submit final report to IRB to properly transfer or close the accepted protocol
December 1st of last year CV submitted to Program Chair by PD

 

 

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