1. An Online Self-Directed Research Curriculum Adrienne A. Williams, PhD Shana O. Ntiri, MD, MPH

2. Disclosures Adrienne A. Williams, PhD –I have no actual or potential conflicts of interest in relation to this presentation Shana O. Ntiri, MD, MPH –I have no actual or potential conflicts of interest in relation to this presentation

3. Family Medicine Scholarly Activity ACGME Core Competency requirements: –Residents engage in supervised scholarly activity –Curriculum advances residents’ knowledge of the basic principles of research Challenges –Time to develop and implement curriculum –Faculty to supervise the rotation

4. Family Medicine Scholarly Activity Examples of Curriculum Formats –Longitudinal lecture based curriculum –Supervised QI projects in conjunction with 1 month continuity clinic rotation –Longitudinal research project

5. Department of Family & Community Medicine Research Rotation Overview 2 week self-directed online curriculum for PGY-2s 3 supervisory faculty—3 scheduled meetings 5 research modules –Module I: Research Methods and Data Analysis –Module II: Article Review –Module III: Board Review –Module IV: Literature Search –Module V: Literature Review and Proposal

6. Department of Family & Community Medicine Research Rotation Evaluation All residents (18) who completed the rotation during a 24 month period were invited to complete an anonymous online survey to : –Assess the overall rotation –Assess the rotation’s success in achieving learning objectives –Assess impact of rotation on future participation in scholarly activities

7. Methods Anonymous Email Survey

8. Results 16 responses (89%) 69% (11) Overall Satisfied/Very Satisfied –No dissatisfied or very dissatisfied 81% (13) Satisfied/Very Satisfied with self- led/online structure

9. Objectives Met During Rotation

10. After Residency I am likely to: Perform Quality Improvement56% Teach or Precept Medical Learners56% Collaborate on a Research Project56% Give a Scholarly Presentation31% Initiate a Research Project25% Pursue Grant Funding19% None of the above6%

11. Objectives met and planned to initiate research Objective Plan to Initiate Research Mean(SD) No Plan to Initiate Research Mean (SD) p-value More likely to complete a scholarly project in the future 4.25 (.50)3.25 (.75).028 Learned more about data analysis4.00 (0)3.45 (.69).025 Feel more comfortable applying information from the medical literature to my practice 4.00 (0)3.33 (.89).025

12. Strengths Strengths: –Important skills pertaining to reading and writing research papers –Data/ statistics –Protected time to complete rotation at own pace. –Enhanced my skills in literature review and critical analysis. –Self led techniques –great articles, very well-written

13. Improvements More interaction with faculty More protected time

14. Discussion Decreases time, teaching burden on faculty Materials can be accessed from anywhere/any time Residents satisfied and felt objectives were met Want direct application to cases and medical literature Residents still want faculty interaction

15. Questions