John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth



Scholarly Activity

Overview:

According to American Board of Pediatrics[i], a scholarly work product is required for certification for all pediatric subspecialties. As stated in their webpage: Fellows are required to engage in scholarly projects during fellowship and produce a written work product to the ABP at the end of fellowship training. The work product is expected to be submitted by the program director of the fellowship along with the final evaluation form, the Verification of Competence Form.

SOC:

To supervise the progress of the Scholarly Activity, a Scholarly Oversight Committee (SOC) will be created. This SOC will include three faculties and it will be designated by the Fellowship directors. In conjunction to the SOC the fellow, the mentor and the program director will determine if the work and activities are enough to complete the ABP requirements. The SOC will meet with the trainee, the mentor and the fellowship director will meet every 6 months to supervise the progress of the fellow. All the clinical and non-clinical activities of the fellow will be reported in the table attached in Appendix A

Work product:

The work product expected is in general a research project. The majority of fellows perform a clinical research project. Other possibilities like bench research are also possible. The fellows are required to participate in Quality Improvement (QI) projects but the work products of QI projects are not acceptable for the completion of the Scholarly Activity. For the timeline expected to complete the Scholarly Activity please refer to Appendix B.

According to ABP examples of acceptable work products are: a peer-reviewed publication in which a fellow played a substantial role, an in-depth manuscript describing a completed project, a thesis or dissertation written in connection with the pursuit of an advanced degree, an extramural grant application that has either been accepted or favorably reviewed and a progress report for projects of exceptional complexity, such as a multi-year clinical trial.

Mentor:

Fellows should identify a primary research mentor during the six months of fellowship. If none is identified during that period the fellows are expected to meet with the fellowship directors and discuss interest to receive suggestions. A monthly research meeting will be held where different topics and ongoing projects will be discussed and potential mentors can be identified.

Once a mentor is identified the fellows are expected to meet with their mentor regularly, monthly ideally, where the progress of the project is discussed as well as other Scholarly activities. These meetings should be organized and decided by the fellows and it’s the fellow responsibility to coordinate such meetings.

Resources:

The University of Texas has a two year Clinical Research Course[ii] with weekly classes on Wednesdays for 1-2 hours sessions. This course is the main clinical research course in Houston. Fellows can register with no cost. Credits obtained can be used to complete the MS in Clinical Research.

Fellows can register to different Master programs with approval of the Fellowship director.

The Division of Critical Care participates in the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) network and in the Pediatrics Trials Network (PTN) projects. Fellow’s research courses will be available for second and third year trainees.

SCCM research webinars.

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