Thank you for the overwhelming response to this course. The enrollment is now FULL. We will post an update when more groups start. Meanwhile if you are interested please send us an email contact@usmlesarthi.com and we will let you know.

Research course

Demonstrated research experience is increasingly becoming critical in determining a successful match for IMGs and Caribbean applicants. Having US research experience with documented outcomes (publications, manuscripts) gives you a distinct advantage. In addition to improving your resume, research experience also enables an IMG or Caribbean graduate acquire additional skills and critically evaluate the medical literature. But many applicants do not get the opportunity, tools and guidance to successfully complete research project.
Our team is now offering you the opportunity to get hands on experience in conducting research and publishing in PubMed indexed journals.

Course syllabus
​The course will train you both in research methodologies as well as offer you the opportunity to get hands-on research experience with real data-sets and review articles. Depending on the project, you will also have opportunities collaborate with current residents and attendings. Ofcourse you will be able to publish your research.

Based on your needs and time commitment, you will have two options for the course,
  • Starter Research course ($550)
  • Advanced Research course ($900)
  • 10% discount for current Sarthi students*

Topics
  • Types of publications and databases
  • Hypothesis generation and how to do literature review?
  • How to understand datasets?
  • How to design research methodology?
  • How to analyze data with different tools?
  • How to interpret data?
  • How to write an abstract?
  • How to write a manuscript using various tools?
  • How to publish in various journals and conferences?
  • How to create a poster?
  • How to present at conferences? 

Hands-on research project
Both Basic and Advanced also have a hands-on research project.

Starter course publications
You will get 1 project as co-author that will yield 1 manuscript and 1 conference abstract.

Advanced course publications

2 projects that will yield 2 manuscripts and 2 conference abstracts.
1st co-author depending on your level of involvement and hard work.

Class logistics
Each class will be taught in a group of upto 5 students. This will be live online and you can be based anywhere in the world. The classes are also recorded so you can always review the contents again.

Course timeline and duration
We plan to enroll up to 5 students into each group.  For each group we will conduct lecture and interaction series on hands on research experience for 8 weeks on either Saturday or Sunday. Lecture will last for 1-2 hours depending on topics. Students will learn how to select hypothesis of their choice in initial lecture. Once research topic is finalized, student will gradually learn the process of publication and at same time will work on his/her assigned project on weekly basis. Basic course student will be assigned as co-authors and advance course student will be assigned as lead author (first co-author) on at least one project. Student has opportunity to choose his/her own hypothesis/review article or else work on pre-decided hypothesis with resident/attending. Our goal is to include residents and attendings is to increase the quality of overall publication.
 
Group teaching will last for 6-8 weeks. Target is to finish draft in 6-8 weeks and submit. However, publication of a manuscript will take varying time depending on journal and final acceptance. In case of abstract It will depend on the submission dates of a particular conference. Our tentative timeline will be 8 weeks to prepare the draft and submission of manuscript/abstract.  Final acceptance of the publication may take 4-5 months.

Focus specialties and sample research projects/themes
  • Internal Medicine/Family Medicine: Trends and outcomes of per-cutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in patients having liver transplant
  • Psychiatry/Neurology: Impact of Major Depressive Disorder on Stroke Outcomes
  • Pediatric: Readmission trends and predictors of Asthma admission in pediatric patients

Tools
We will be using SAS/SPSS and the projects will give students ample opportunity to learn these tools.

Course fee

Starter course: $550
​Advanced course: $900
Sarthi students will get 10% discount on either course*

​* First 10 students