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Bridging the Gap: Supporting Translational
Research Careers Through an Integrated
Research Track Within Residency Training
Melissa Arbuckle, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Resident Education
Training Director, Research Track
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
May 28, 2015
AAMC/ROCC Research in Residency Meeting
Financial Disclosure
I receive research funding from the American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology and the National Institutes of Health.
This work is supported by the NIH (5R25MH086466) and a
grant from the Leon Levy Foundation.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, you will:
1
Understand some of the challenges residents and
residency training directors face in developing/supporting
research efforts during residency training
2 Become familiar with potential approaches for addressing
these challenges
Arbuckle MR, Gordon JA, Pincus HA, Oquendo MA. Acad Med. 2013 Jun;88(6):759-65.
Program Overview
Year 11
Year
Research
Integration
in
ResearchIntegration
Integrationin
in
Research
Clinical
Training
ClinicalTraining
Training
Clinical
Mentorship
Mentorship
Year 22
Year
Year 33
Year
Year 44
Year
Rotation
through
clinical
research
40%
protected
time
80%
protected
Rotationthrough
throughclinical
clinicalresearch
research 40%
40%protected
protectedtime
time 80%
80%protected
protected
Rotation
units
(3
months
total)
for
research
time
for
research
units(3
(3months
monthstotal)
total)
forresearch
research
time for
forresearch
research
units
for
time
Identify aa mentor—monthly
mentor—monthly
Weekly mentorship/supervision
mentorship/supervision
Identify
Weekly
meetings
meetings
Development of
of Research
Research
Development
Project
Project
Develop aa project
project proposal
proposal by
by the
the
Develop
end of
of the
the second
second year
year
end
Work on
on project,
project, prepare
prepare for
for T32
T32
Work
fellowship application
application
fellowship
Research Track-specific
Coursework
Monthly Residents Interested in Research seminar (peer-mentorship program,
residents present their work)
Funding –NIH R25
Direct salary support (freeing up departmental funds)
Pilot funds for research, travel funds for research conferences
Private Foundation Grant*
$20,000 annual stipend
$15,000 annual stipend
*residents committed to research fellowship training after graduation are eligible to apply
Challenges Facing Trainees
Research Training
Limited…
• Continuity in research development
• Opportunities to build research portfolio
• Research Mentorship
• Integration with research colleagues
• Integration with post-residency Fellowship Training
Clinical Training
• Competing Clinical Training Demands
• Limited Integration with Residency
Colleagues
Personal Needs
• Financial Demands
• Work-Life Balance
Challenges Facing Training Directors
• Complexity of balancing ACGME clinical training
requirements and research training of residents
• Issues of elitism/favoritism among residents
• Addressing needs for clinical coverage
• Monetary support for program
Thank You
Maria Oquendo, MD
Harold Pincus, MD
Joshua Gordon, MD, PhD