1. Independent Investigative Inquiry – III
E18 Scholarship Requirement
Shobha Stack, MD, PhD
Director of Medical Student Scholarship

2. AGENDA Overview Options to complete your Scholarship Requirement
Getting started

3. AGENDA Overview Options to complete your Scholarship Requirement
Getting started

4. WHAT IS THE III SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENT?
Independent Investigative Inquiry (III)
Select a subject of interest to explore over the summer between the first and second year
Investigate the subject, under the guidance of a Faculty Mentor
Report on your findings in the fall of second year
MD Degree requirement
Must be completed prior to the start of third year (before starting clerkships)

5. WHY IS SCHOLARSHIP REQUIRED?
You are building a foundation of medical knowledge that will last throughout your career
Many parts of that foundation will change throughout your career
An essential skill is to be able to ask scientific questions and find the answers to those questions as medicine evolves
Why scholarship requirement – a large part of what you learn in med school won’t be accurate years from now. We have to be able to keep up, and to do so, we need to be able to ask the right questions to be able to find the right answers and continue learning as medicine evolves.
This will also add context to your future clinical practice – in becoming an exper in thh
intergenerational activities – perceived improvement in health for elderly

6. WHAT IS SCHOLARSHIP?
Scholarship is work that moves a field forward by asking a question and seeking the answer
Discovery: research in which new discoveries are made through original investigation.
Integration: Work that synthesizes and gives meaning and perspective to isolated facts.
Application: Work that examines how knowledge can be effectively applied to consequential problems.
Work that moves a field forward by asking questions and finding (or moving closer to) answers
Scholarship comes in multiple forms
This is a scholarship (and not a research) requirement, which means you have multiple avenues to fulfill your III
Work in a lab
Mine data charts
Survey or interview patients
Analyze a clinical trial
Read extensively about a topic and synthesize the information into a literature review
Create and assess a community intervention in WWAMI or on the other side of the world

7. AGENDA Overview Options to complete your Scholarship Requirement
Getting started

8. III SELECTIVES Scholarship of Discovery Scholarship of Integration
Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP)
Global Health Immersion Program (GHIP)

9. III SELECTIVES Scholarship of Discovery Scholarship of Integration
Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP)
Global Health Immersion Program (GHIP)

10. 1. SCHOLARSHIP OF DISCOVERY
Empirical research toward a question in any field related to medicine.
Projects generally fall into:
Laboratory-based,
Clinical research,
Health services, OR
Quality Improvement
Students may:
Seek out a Faculty Mentor and project independently, OR
Choose from the Directory of Faculty Projects available Nov 1, 2018
30-35 hours per week, 9-week, Summer 2019 research project
Your work is presented at the Fall Medical Student III Poster Session.

11. 1. SCHOLARSHIP OF DISCOVERY
Projects that qualify:
Research with UWSOM faculty and regional UWSOM faculty
Research with WWAMI regional partners
NIH or other non-UW SOM programs
UWSOM-affiliated programs
HMC Injury Prevention & Research Center (INSIGHT)
Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR)
Division of Rheumatology Summer Student Program
If you want to do a project at another Foundations site
You may apply for $1500 in relocation funding to move to another Foundations site for the summer to pursue your project. This may not be used for travel outside the WWAMI region.
More information is on our Blog site for how to find a project, and what to look for in a mentor.
Your Faculty Mentor is the most important part of this experience.
There are more tips on our blog, but please remember, that a faculty mentor who is available to you and committed to helping you finish your project by the end of the summer is much more important than the project topic itself.
For foundation site relocation fund, this was allocated to our school to ensure equity among our foundation sites for research opportunities. Thus, it can only be used for this purpose.

12. 1. SCHOLARSHIP OF DISCOVERY
Examples from last year:
CRISPR/CAS9-Based Gene Therapy for Inherited Visual Disorders
Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes among Patients in Addiction Treatment Settings
Predictors of Adherence to Lung Cancer Screening in a Referral Program
“Grandpa Speaks, Nobody Listens,” A change in Mindset of Alaska Native Elders

13. 1. SCHOLARSHIP OF DISCOVERY
Timeline
Oct-Jan: Find a Faculty Mentor and work together on your
project proposal
Feb 1, Project Proposals Due
Feb 28, Students commit to a project
Summer Engage in your Research
Fall Present your work at the Medical Student III Poster Session

14. III SELECTIVES Scholarship of Discovery Scholarship of Integration
Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP)
Global Health Immersion Program (GHIP)

15. 2. SCHOLARSHIP OF INTEGRATION
Synthesis of literature to give a body of work meaning and perspective
Projects must focus on an area related to medicine
You will learn:
To systematically search medical databases and
To critically evaluate medical literature
Students may:
Seek out a Faculty Mentor and project independently, OR
Choose from the Directory of Faculty Projects available Nov 1, 2018
30-35 hours per week, 9-week, Summer 2019 research project
Your Final Paper is due September 2, 2019
Presenting at the Medical Student III Poster session is optional.

16. 2. SCHOLARSHIP OF INTEGRATION
Key Steps in a Literature Review
Identify a specific unresolved question relevant to medicine
Identify relevant studies through a systematic search in consultation with a Health Sciences Librarian
Select studies to be included in the review
Collect and organize information culled from the studies
Collate, summarize and report the results
More information is on our Blog site for how to find a project, and what to look for in a mentor.
Your Faculty Mentor is the most important part of this experience.
There are more tips on our blog, but please remember, that a faculty mentor who is available to you and committed to helping you finish your project by the end of the summer is much more important than the project topic itself.

17. 2. SCHOLARSHIP OF INTEGRATION
Examples from last year:
Parkinson's Disease and the Gut Microbiota
Assessment and Initial Management of Acute Stroke in Hospitalized Patients
The Effects of Architectural Design on Patient Outcomes
Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Gender Inequality within Healthcare
Correlation Between Physicians and Depression

18. 2. SCHOLARSHIP OF INTEGRATION
Timeline
Oct-Jan: Find a Faculty Mentor and work together on your project proposal
Feb 1, Project Proposals Due
Feb 28, Students commit to a project
June Required consultation with HSL Librarian
Summer Engage in your Research
September 2019 Submit your Final Paper

19. III SELECTIVES Scholarship of Discovery Scholarship of Integration
Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP)
Global Health Immersion Program (GHIP)

20. 3. RURAL UNDERSERVED OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM (RUOP-III)
Managed through the Office of Rural Programs
RUOP is a six-week experience in community health, includes a four-week clinical immersion experience
A RUOP-III project can take several forms
A community assessment
Strengthen on existing programs and/or services in the community
Collaborate with a community organization to educate the community about a new social service program and/or resource in the community

21. 3. RURAL UNDERSERVED OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM (RUOP)
Examples from last year
Suicide Prevention Training in the Manual Labor Workforce
Cancer Screening Educational Approach for King County Somali Elder Immigrants, Seattle, WA
Healthy Homes: Reducing Maltreatment of Children in Upper Matanuska-Susitna Borough Through a Home Visitation Program
Reducing Risky Sexual Behavior: Decreasing STI Incidence of Adolescent Girls of the Blackfeet Nation through Group Workshops

22. 3. RURAL UNDERSERVED OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM (RUOP)
Timeline
Dec 3, RUOP Applications open
Jan 4, RUOP Applications due
Feb Students commit to a project
Spring Mandatory orientation
Summer Engage in your RUOP and project
Fall Present your work at the Medical Student III Poster Session

23. 3. RURAL UNDERSERVED OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM (RUOP)
RUOP Informational Sessions
Wyoming: Oct. 9, 10:45 – 11:45 am, via Zoom
Montana: Oct. 17, 11:45 – 12:45 pm, WWAMI Facility
Spokane: Oct. 24, 9:00 – 10:00 am, Schoenberg Room 202
Idaho: Oct. 26, 12:00pm – 1:30 pm, Gritman Medical Bldg-Anatomy Classroom
Alaska: Oct :10 – 12:50 pm, HSB 106
Seattle: Nov. 16, 12:00 – 12:50 pm, Hogness Auditorium
To learn more about RUOP contact Brenda Martinez at
Add in that RUOP students cannot do a non-RUOP III (no time)

24. III SELECTIVES Scholarship of Discovery Scholarship of Integration
Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP)
Global Health Immersion Program (GHIP)

25. 4. GLOBAL HEALTH IMMERSION PROGRAM (GHIP)
GHIP is an intensive, academically rigorous program to gain a first-hand understanding of the health challenges facing people in low- and middle-income countries
Participants in the program are matched to a host community in a resource-limited setting abroad, and spend eight weeks working to identify, examine, and explore solutions to key health problems
This program is administered by the Global Health Resource Center (GHRC)
A GHIP Info Session will be held in Seattle, Date TBA
Learn more here: GHIP
Students interested in the Global Health Immersion Program spend 8 weeks at an established GHIP site and work with the community to participate in a local public health problem.
Some of the sites include: Peru, Uganda, Kenya, India, Nepal, and Vietnam.

26. 4. GLOBAL HEALTH IMMERSION PROGRAM (GHIP)
Examples from previous years
Curbing Alcohol Abuse and Its Sequelae in Nepal through a Multi-faceted Educational Campaign
Educational Outreach to Transgender Women in Lima, Peru Regarding HIV Prevention and Hormone Therapy
Introducing Depression Screening and Assessing Change in Provider Attitudes in the Mekong Delta
Community Education about Burkitt Lymphoma (BL) in Uganda
Why scholarship requirement – a large part of what you learn in med school won’t be accurate years from now. You are here to both build a foundation of medical knowledge but also learn how to ask the right questions to continue learning as medicine changes

27. 4. GLOBAL HEALTH IMMERSION PROGRAM (GHIP)
General Timeline
Dec GHIP Applications open
Jan GHIP Applications due
Feb Accepted students commit to a project
Spring Mandatory orientation
Summer Engage in your project
Fall 2019 Attend the post-GHIP seminar in Seattle and present your work at the Medical Student III Poster Session

28. Agenda Overview Options to complete your Scholarship Requirement
Getting started

29. GETTING STARTED
Attend your Foundations site’s Medical Student III Poster Session to see what students have done before.
For Scholarship of Discovery or Integration, browse faculty webpages for topics you are interested in and look for our Directory of Faculty Projects on 11/1.
For RUOP or GHIP, attend their information sessions if interested.
Use the next few months to choose a Selective and work on your proposal or application.
Nov 13, 5-7 pm

30. III RESEARCH GUIDES https://guides.lib.uw.edu/hsl/iii
As you search for projects and create proposals, be sure to use the HSL resources.
Nikki Dettmar

31. RESEARCH METHODS
MEDSCI 500 (6 credits) required registration for all students in Summer 2019
5-10 hours per week
Content is clinical research, epidemiology, and biostatistics
* Requirement is waived for MSTP (Medical Scientist Training Program)
take this into account as you consider projects to pursue and their time requirement.

32. III WAIVERS You may qualify to waive the III Requirement if:
You have completed a Master’s thesis or a Ph.D. dissertation in a discipline basic to medicine
You are first author of a paper published in a peer-reviewed journal in a discipline basic to medicine
You automatically qualify if you are an MSTP student
To request a waiver, you will need to submit the following:
Evidence of your thesis, dissertation, or resulting publication
Your research mentor’s name and institution
Due November 15th to
Waiver decisions will be made by November 30th

33. III WAIVERS TRUST students do not qualify for a waiver
Students in pathways must check with their program to determine if they qualify for a waiver
Please note that all students, including MSTP and those with III waivers, will be required to register for the III MEDSCI 501 course in Winter quarter of the second year of medical school. The waiver will be applied at that time to pass the course.

34. REMEDIATION
A student may not be able to participate in III over the Summer if extenuating circumstances apply (i.e. block or thread remediation). In such a case, the student will meet with the Director of Scholarship to discuss a plan for III timeline and completion.
Mastery of blocks, threads, and courses is required. Remediation is required when mastery is not achieved.

35. CONTACTS III Website: http://blogs.uw.edu/somcurr2/
Scholarship of Discovery
Dr Shobha Stack and Dr Karla Kelly,
Scholarship of Integration
RUOP
Toby Keys
Brenda Martinez
GHIP
Dr. Susan Graham
Daren Wade

36. QUESTIONS?