It contains a little theory and several useful tips. We hope that it will help fill the gap between any formal training you may have had in research and actually getting a project done during your residency training. We believe you will find the reference lists especially useful. This packet was designed for the research novice who really doesn't know what to do or how to get started. If you have any recommendations, ideas, or comments about the research packet, please feel free to contact the chair of the RPC Research Committee.
Good research is always important to advance science and medicine.
We need quality research to validate those treatments that we now believe to be effective, as well as new and better treatments for our patients. We hope that your research career will extend far beyond your residency. Please consider doing additional research and getting additional research training. Several options for research training are outlined in the Beyond Residency section of this document. The RPC would like to thank several people who were instrumental in developing the Resident's Research Packet, including Todd Kuiken, MD, PhD, and Nathan Rudin, MD, MA, for their efforts in the original creation of this document in September of 1994 as residents at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.