Creating a Resident Research Track in Synergy With the Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program.
Matthew Sherrier, Allison Schroeder, W Austin Davis, Michael Boninger, Wendy M Helkowski
PMID 33990482WHAT IT FOUND
This paper describes an educational program for physicians, not a clinical intervention.
It offers no evidence on patient care or therapeutic outcomes, so it has no impact on daily clinical practice for therapists.
What this paper is
This is a descriptive report of a residency research track program at the University of Pittsburgh. It outlines the structure, mentorship, and productivity expectations for residents interested in academic medicine, but it does not present controlled data or clinical outcomes for patients. There are no findings here to change clinical practice.
Declared interests
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the reported publication rates of residents as evidence that this program improves patient outcomes. The paper reports on academic productivity among physicians in training, not on clinical efficacy or therapeutic results.