Resident Research Mentoring Teams: A Support Program to Increase Resident Research Productivity [A64]

INTRODUCTION: Inspiring, supporting, and disseminating resident scholarly activity can be difficult for residency programs. In an effort to stimulate more resident and faculty engagement in the research process, we developed resident research mentoring teams (RRMT) alongside financial and resource support for resident scholarly activity (research) requirements. The RRMT involved 24 months of longitudinal curriculum of didactics and semi-annual formal meetings with a group of faculty and other team members with research expertise. The RRMT included biostatisticians, coordinators, regulatory experts, and database managers. The objective of this study was to determine if productivity from resident research increased after RRMT implementation. METHODS: We performed an analysis of rates of resident research projects presented at meetings and/or published before (8 total years) and after (4 years) implementation of the RRMT, with a 4-year washout during the RRMT implementation and revision. For presentations, we only included regional or national presentations outside of the local school environment. RESULTS: Overall, 43 (37.7%) of the 114 resident projects were published and 27 (23.7%) were presented at meetings. After implementation of the RRMT, resident projects were more likely to be published (55.0% vs. 28.4%, P=.005) and presented (40.0% vs. 14.9%, P=0.003). After implementation, resident projects were more likely to be either presented or published (67.5% vs. 36.5%, P=.002). CONCLUSION: Implementation of departmental support and mentoring programs such as the RRMT can increase the rate of resident research projects that are presented and published.