Early Outcomes of a New NIH Program to Support Research in Residency. Acad Med 2022 Sep 01;97(9):1305-1310
Date
03/03/2022Pubmed ID
35234717DOI
10.1097/ACM.0000000000004643Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85137645571 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 6 CitationsAbstract
The work of physician-investigators has historically led to key discoveries and developments in modern medicine, but recent decades have seen significant declines in the number of U.S. physician-investigators. One of the barriers to physicians participating in research is the lack of mentored research opportunities during clinical training, especially during residency training. In response to this identified barrier and to expand the physician-investigator workforce, the National Institutes of Health initiated the R38 program, known as Stimulating Access to Research in Residency, to support mentored research opportunities for residents. This article reports on the early outcomes of the recipients of the initial round of R38 awards, granted in 2018. Early positive outcomes include increases in the reported likelihood of resident-investigators pursuing physician-investigator careers, greater reported clarity in resident-investigators' research directions, the commitment of additional institutional resources to support the R38-awarded programs, and the approval of resident-investigators as having met training requirements for certification by multiple medical boards.
Author List
Price Rapoza M, McElvaine A, Conroy MB, Okuyemi K, Rouphael N, Teach SJ, Widlansky M, Williams C, Permar SR, National R38 Consortium investigatorsAuthor
Michael E. Widlansky MD Associate Director, Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
HumansInternship and Residency
Mentors
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Physicians
Research Personnel
United States
