Published online May 1, 2006
PEDIATRICS Vol. 117 No. 5 May 2006, pp. 1818-1822 (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-1249)

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EXPERIENCE AND REASON

The Boston Marathon Study: A Novel Approach to Research During Residency

Andrew Y. Shin, MD^a, Christopher S.D. Almond, MD, MPH^a, Rebekah C. Mannix, MD^a, Christine N. Duncan, MD^a, Mary Beth F. Son, MD^a, Heather M. McLauchlan, MD^a, Usama B. Kanaan, MD^a, Jennifer M. Litzow, MD^a, Pearl S. Riney, MD^a, Cameron C. Trenor, III, MD^a, Elizabeth B. Fortescue, MD^a, Robert J. Vinci, MD^b, David S. Greenes, MD^a on behalf of the resident physicians from the Boston Combined Residency Program

^a Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
^b Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Resident physicians from a pediatric academic training program developed a hospital-wide research project in an effort to enhance their residency research experience. In this model, residents themselves assumed primary responsibility for each stage of a large prospective clinical research study. The project, which was integrated successfully into the residency program, enabled a large group of residents, with mentorship from a dedicated faculty member, to benefit from a structured clinical research experience while providing the flexibility necessary to meet the demands of a busy residency curriculum. Careful topic selection with a well-defined end point, faculty involvement, resident collegiality, and institutional support were factors identified by study leaders as central to the success of this model.

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Key Words: research • resident education/training • residency/internship

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Accepted Oct 26, 2005.

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