Residency Research Track
Our residents have been featured on national news and NPR; some have covers on Anesthesiology and Anesthesia & Analgesia. We have several NIH-funded laboratories and a host of clinical studies to provide excellent experience in research.
ABA Resident Research Guidelines
Residents have the option to complete research during their anesthesiology residency. Residents must be enrolled in an ACGME-accredited anesthesiology residency program and must remain active in the educational component of the program while pursuing research. Interested residents could spend approximately 25 percent of their three- or four-year training program, and 38 percent of their five-year program, engaged in scholarly activities. Program Directors must develop a plan with strict guidelines for research activity and work product oversight if a resident’s research activities will be more than six months.
36 Month Track
• 3 months in CA 1-2 years
• 6 months in CA-3 year
• Max. 9 months (25% of total time)
48 Month Track
• 2 months in CBY
• 3 months in CA 1-2 years
• 6 months in CA-3 year
• Max. 11 months (23% of total time)
To participate in the program, residents should:
- Obtain Approval from the Program Director
- The resident needs to be in good academic standing. Expectations include achieving above the 20th percentile for class cohort on each ITE, passing the BASIC exam at end of CA1 year, staying up to date on case logs and duty hours while adhering to GME guidelines, and maintaining all GME required credentials such as BLS/ACLS.
- Establish research area of interest.
- Establish Academic/Research Mentor.
- Establish Wellness/Career Mentor (can be any core faculty member, PD or APD).
By the conclusion of the program, residents will ideally:
- Be a named author on at least one original research, peer-reviewed manuscript by the end of your CA3 year
- Be a named author on at least one academic, non-research peer-reviewed manuscript (review article, editorial, case report) by the end of your CA3 year
- Submit one extramural funding grant (e.g. ASRA Early-Stage Investigator, STA Neurowave grant, there are some smaller grants that trainees can apply to)
Program Overview by Year
- 6 months on ANES service (one month research with direct supervision of mentor)
- 6 months off-service rotations
- Take and PASS USMLE STEP 3 (must be done before CA1 year)
- Introduction to research area of interest
- Attend research group meetings
- Help with data collection if time permits
- Mentored introduction to publishing research
- CA1 ANES rotations
- Join and begin participating in one of the department’s research group based projects in your area(s) of clinical research with goal of publishing by end of CA2 year
- Edward Tufte Course, “Presenting Data and Information” in spring (department will pay this $400 fee and reimburse lodging for this one-day course)
- PASS BASIC exam in June
- Apply to FAER for resident scholar program (as a CA1 or CA2)
Presenting research at a local, regional, national meeting (Options include: local UVA Department of Anesthesiology Celebration of Research, regional Mid-Atlantic Anesthesia Research Consortium-MAARC, national ASA and IARS meetings along with subspecialty anesthesiology meetings)- Continue and expand research projects with your mentor’s approval
- Contribute to at least one publication with your mentor or another faculty member in the department
- Apply to FAER for resident scholar program (as a CA1 or CA2)
- 6 months of RESEARCH – elective rotation
- Must meet all the Program’s criteria to begin this 6 month research elective
- Meet twice monthly with research mentor
- Submit monthly research progress report to research mentor and Program Director
- During this elective the resident will have some call duty obligations
- 4-6th call one-two days per week
- Day late weekend call monthly
- Present research at a National Meeting