Research and Scholarly Activity

• Scholarly activity project - All residents are required to complete at least two research projects to become familiar with research protocol, and learn to apply research results effectively during patient care and personal performance.
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• Didactic component - All residents are required to attend Journal Club, Evidence-based Medicine Conference, research lectures and Research Club. During Research Club, residents present findings from their research projects to other residents and faculty for feedback to help implement the most effective and educational project.
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• Atlantic Health Research Day -This annual event features poster and oral presentation submissions from all medical departments and professions within Atlantic Health. The most highly-rated abstract submissions are selected for oral presentation. Authors not selected for oral presentations prepare posters for a juried competition. Awards are given for both the oral and poster presentations.  In 2007, Overlook Hospital Internal Medicine residents won the best Resident Oral Presentation award.
  

PGY I's complete a case vignette during their ambulatory block rotation for submission to Atlantic Health Research Day and to the New Jersey American College of Physicians' regional meeting.

PGY II's complete a quality assurance/improvement project during their community health rotation or a performance improvement project through the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM).  These should be substituted to Atlantic Health Research Day and to the New Jersey American College of Physicians' regional meeting, and possibly a national venue.

PGY III's quality assurance/improvement projects may become a full interventional research project.