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The Boston Marathon Study: a novel approach to research during residency.

Shin AY, Almond CS, Mannix RC, Duncan CN, Son MB, McLauchlan HM, Kanaan UB, Litzow JM, Riney PS, Trenor CC, Fortescue EB, Vinci RJ, Greenes DS,

Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA. andrew.shin@childrens.harvard.edu

Resident physicians from a pediatric academic training program developed a hospital-wide research project in an effort to enhance their residency research experience. In this model, residents themselves assumed primary responsibility for each stage of a large prospective clinical research study. The project, which was integrated successfully into the residency program, enabled a large group of residents, with mentorship from a dedicated faculty member, to benefit from a structured clinical research experience while providing the flexibility necessary to meet the demands of a busy residency curriculum. Careful topic selection with a well-defined end point, faculty involvement, resident collegiality, and institutional support were factors identified by study leaders as central to the success of this model.

Published 2 May 2006 in Pediatrics, 117(5): 1818-22.
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