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Clinical research is an integral part of resident education. Beginning in the first year of residency, interns are required to develop a research topic that will culminate into a hospital-wide presentation given in the spring of each academic year. The scholarly activity is facilitated by the faculty and staff of the Family Medicine Residency Program and Memorial University Medical Center.
Research projects/scholarly activities can be either NIH based, case presentations, retrospective, or prospective studies. Past research topics have included:
- The Georgia/Texas “Improving Brief Intervention” project to aid in the identification of patients at risk for alcoholism
- A Project in the Advanced Planning Stage is a Quality Improvement Project
- The Evaluative Pneumococcal Vaccination in Diabetics
- The Hypoglycemic Child: A Case Study of Hyperammonemia/Hyperinsulinemia Syndrome
- Erythema Ab Igne
- Prothrombin G20210 a Mutation and Concomitant Oral Contraceptive Use Causing Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- Ostrich Attack and Abdominal Phlegmon
- Behcet’s Disease: Uncommon Disease with Common Symptoms
- Increased Cardiac Troponin I Level in an Elderly Patient After a Fall Without Evidence of Cardiac Damage
Residents are required each year to present a journal article of clinical relevance to primary care. Residents are required to complete and present a case report as a PGY-3.
Our goal is to promote research education, train residents to publish their scholarly achievements, and be proficient in the principles and practice of evidenced-based medicine.
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