HOUSESTAFF TEAM RESEARCH IN THE AMBULATORY SETTING - IT CAN BE DONE

Training in research has been recognized as an important component of internal medicine training. To provide a research experience for their residents, the authors established a team research project designed a nd implemented by postgraduate year-2 and -3 internal medicine trainee s with guidance from general medicine faculty. A successful research p roject was conducted by trainees, which resulted in an award-winning p oster presentation at a scientific meeting and publication in a peer-r eviewed journal. The process of conducting a resident faculty team res earch project in the ambulatory care setting is described in this repo rt. The authors encourage other internal medicine programs to consider resident team research efforts to expose a large number of trainees t o a research experience.