Scholarly Activity
We believe that every resident can contribute to the future of medicine through scholarship. That’s why all residents complete at least three scholarly activities during their training — two team-based quality improvement (QI) projects and one capstone activity.
Scholarship is woven into our residency through:
- Evidence-based medicine training (learning how to analyze journal articles)
- Scholarship workshops (for brainstorming, planning, and peer feedback)
- Morbidity & mortality reviews
- Resident-led lectures and teaching sessions
What counts as scholarly activity?
Your projects can focus on:
- Discovery: creating new knowledge (research studies)
- Integration: Connecting and analyzing existing knowledge
- Application: Using knowledge to improve patient care
- Teaching: Designing educational tools or lessons
Team-based quality improvement projects
- Longitudinal, collaborative quality improvement projects
- Teams of second- and third-year residents
- Dedicated time for project formation and application
- Each resident will complete two quality improvement projects by the end of training
- Opportunities for feedback from clinic staff and Community Advisory Council
Capstone project
- Longitudinal project with clear benchmarks to provide accountability
- Usually research or quality improvement
- Identified faculty mentor
- Presented at Annual Scholarship Day at the end of third year
Research resources
The residency program and Novant Health graduate medical education (GME) office provide numerous resources to set you up for success in your scholarship activities:
- GME research team
- SEAHEC library staff
- Epic analytics support
- GME research committee
- R3 research handbook
- "Scholarship Workshops" during resident conference series
- Scholarship and quality improvement didactics
- Dedicated time during ambulatory family medicine rotations to work on team-based quality improvement
- Scholarship mentorship and coaching from residency faculty