Emergency Medicine Summer Research Programs - 2011
Program Overview
These programs are intended to develop future clinical investigators by providing research experience, instruction, and mentoring to medical students early in their education. Students will obtain hands-on experience with faculty-initiated research programs and attend lectures on how to develop a research proposal.
Didactic lectures on the following topics will be presented: Drafting the Research Question, Searching the Literature, Study Design 1 and 2, Introduction to Statistics, and Anatomy of a Grant Proposal. Early in the summer, students may also attend the Department of Emergency Medicine's Resident Research Day. Held at Davidge Hall, this annual conference features resident research presentations and a lecture by a nationally recognized guest professor.
There are two programs, both offered to University of Maryland medical students who have just completed their first year. Both are 9-week programs that will run from May 31-July 29, 2011.
Research Workshop
This is a part-time offering intended for 6-12 students. Students spend an average of 8 hours per week on faculty-initiated research and attend lecture sessions. Scheduling of work on faculty projects is somewhat flexible. Students completing the workshop will receive a certificate, but there is no stipend available. This is a good way to get started in EM research at U of M.
Research Internship
This is a full-time, more intense, offering. In addition to attending didactic lectures and research meetings, interns are expected to spend 20 hours per week on faculty-initiated research and develop a 5-page student-initiated research proposal and 15-minute presentation.
The internship is intended for 1-3 students. Students completing the internship will receive a certificate and a $2500 stipend.
Application Process
Students participating in both programs must complete New Investigator Training through the University of Maryland Human Research Protections Office (http://www.hrpo.umaryland.edu/education.asp). This training includes completion of the CITI (14 modules for Biomedical Research) and HIPAA modules (125 and 201). They should then register for a CICERO account (http://cicero.umaryland.edu). These steps take about 2-4 hours to complete, but they are educational!
Applicants for the internship must have completed all training and be registered in CICERO by March 15, 2011; workshop students must have completed this training by May 20, 2011.
Interested applicants for both programs should send a completed application form and curriculum vitae to Dr. Michael Witting (witting@umem.org) by March 15.
- Research Internship Application 2011 (Updated on 2/18/2011)
- Research Workshop Application 2011 (Updated on 2/18/2011)
There will be a mandatory 3-hour orientation session for students in both programs on May 31, 2011.