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Resident Research Training Program (RRTP)
Many graduate medical education programs at UCSF are working to facilitate clinical and translational research opportunities for residents who plan to make research a part of their careers. CTST has established a research elective and other initiatives to help promote residents' career development. The goals are to create opportunities for all residents to gain a foundational understanding of clinical and translational research methods and evidence-based medicine skills, and to inspire and facilitate residents to pursue future opportunities for career development as investigators.
The program is comprised of training, career development, courses, funding opportunities for clinical research, and travel to present findings at scientific meetings; and an annual research symposium.
RRTP Ambassadors
The Resident Research Training Program has appointed ambassadors for each residency program. The ambassadors will provide guidance and information to residents interested in pursuing research training. Please click on a department's name for information on that program.
| Department Research Page | Ambassador |
|---|---|
| Anatomic Pathology | Patrick Treseler |
| Anesthesia and Perioperative Care | Mark Rollins |
| Clinical Pathology | Enrique Terrazas |
| Dermatology | Wilson Liao |
| Emergency Medicine | Robert Rodriguez |
| Epidemiology and Biostatistics | George W. Rutherford |
| Family Practice | Teresa Villela |
| Internal Medicine | Jeff Kohlwes |
| Laboratory Medicine (Clinical Path) | Steve Miller |
| Neurological Surgery | Nicholas Barbaro |
| Neurology | Nerissa Ko |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | Miriam Kuppermann |
| Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Robert Harrison |
| Ophthalmology | Nisha Acharya |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | Alfred Kuo |
| Otolaryngology | Eric Kezirian |
| Pediatrics | Roberta Keller |
| Preventive Medicine | George W. Rutherford and James P. Seward |
| Psychiatry | Carol Mathews |
| Radiation Oncology | Daphne Haas-Kogan |
| Radiology | Thomas Link |
| Surgery, Plastic Surgery & East Bay Surgery |
Hobart Harris |
| Urology | Kirsten Green |
Designing Clinical Research Course
Designing Clinical Research for Residents and Students (Epi 150.03, classroom setting, August) / Designing Clinical Research for Residents (CTSI Online, October) is a course that requires 50% protected time and is taught twice a year, in August and October, in a one-month format. Modeled after the highly successful summer clinical research workshop of the Training in Clinical Research (TICR) program, the elective will lead residents through the essential components for writing a clinical research protocol, developed around their own clinical research question. The tangible product of the course is a 5-page clinical research protocol. The residents will attend bi-weekly group lectures and small resident-only seminar groups led by core faculty for the CTST resident initiative with additional faculty participating to meet resident enrollment.
PLEASE NOTE: It is now a requirement for those applying to Resident Research Funding (RRF) to have successfully completed the Designing Clinical Research (DCR) course or equivalent didactic training in clinical research.
There are a number of courses in clinical and translational research available to residents.
For those residents with at least one year of protected time for research, we encourage enrollment in the Advanced Training in Clinical Research Program Certificate Program (ATCR). Residents pursuing ATCR without Departmental support should consult CTST to determine the availability of tuition assistance.
Residents pursuing ATCR with or without Departmental support should consider applying to the Resident Research Scholars (RRSc) Program, which provides full ATCR tuition and the opportunity for co-mentoring.
Residents conducting research are encouraged to present their work at the Resident Research Symposium; see below.
Resident Research Symposium (RRSy)
CTSI will hold its annual UCSF Multi-disciplinary Clinical/Translational Science Research Symposium for Residents on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Millberry Union. This research symposium provides an opportunity for residents to present their work and to develop cross-departmental collaborations.
Application Instructions and Deadlines:
Resident abstracts are reviewed for both oral and poster presentation. Residents are encouraged to submit projects at all stages of development, including posters already presented in another venue, and projects that are currently in-progress. All abstracts must include some data with at least preliminary results to present and are limited to 300 words. All residents accepting any RRTP award agree to submit an abstract to the symposium before leaving UCSF. Residents may only present while in residency.
- 2013 Submission Form
- Submission deadline is Sunday, March 24, 2013
For additional questions please contact Christian Leiva.
Clinical and Translational Research Pathway to Discovery for Residents
The Resident Research Training Program (RRTP) provides a comprehensive set of research programs but recognizes that some residents may desire a more structured program that promotes and recognizes research scholarship. The UCSF Clinical and Translational Research (CTR) Pathway is designed to allow individuals at any level to participate in a structured program to promote scholarly investigation. Residents may join the CTR Pathway at any time during their UCSF residency, and those that complete the Pathway requirements will receive a certification letter which may be added to their academic file.
NOTE: Residents must enroll by June 1 in the year prior to residency completion (i.e. by June 1, 2013 if academic year of residency completion is 2013-2014).
See also: Resident Funding