Research
The UC San Diego Internal Medicine Residency Program is a highly academic training program. All residents participate in scholarly activity during their training.
Scholarly Activities
Our goal is to train residents in both clinical medicine and the scientific basis of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Every resident participates in a scholarly project that is presented to peers. Additionally, each resident is responsible for contributing to other teaching activities including noon report, journal club, evidence-based medicine, clinical reasoning conferences, and Excellence in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (eQIPS) conferences.
Research Elective
Residents undertake a 4-8 week research elective under the mentorship of a faculty member during their second and/or third year. Our faculty members place a high value on mentorship, and the residency program hosts an annual mentorship palooza to help connect residents with mentors within their field of interest. In addition to one-on-one mentorship, the research elective provides small-group sessions where residents can brainstorm ideas, troubleshoot project challenges, and receive feedback on study design and analysis. Resident scholarship spans a broad range of disciplines, including epidemiology, basic science, clinical research, quality improvement, and medical education. Many projects have gone on to be presented at national meetings and have resulted in peer-reviewed publications.
Resident Research Symposium
Each spring, residents present the results of their research projects during a symposium attended by the housestaff, their mentors, departmental leadership, and the academic community. This is a great opportunity for residents to showcase their work and to gain experience in preparing and delivering an academic talk in a supportive environment. Many of the poster winners go on to present their research findings at the Department of Medicine Grand Rounds.
Research Conferences
Most residents present their research findings at regional and national conferences. All residents receive protected time and an educational stipend to present at conferences.