Research course

Medicine is both an art and a science. While clinical experience teaches you the art of medicine, research is the backbone of the science of medicine. Applicants trained abroad often do not have the opportunity, tools or guidance to learn how to appraise research articles or conduct a research project, let alone successfully publish or present original research. Demonstrated research experience is becoming increasingly critical in determining a successful match for IMGs and Caribbean applicants. US research experience with documented outcomes (publications, manuscripts) gives you a distinct advantage.

This is where USMLEsarthi comes in!!

Our team is now offering you the exciting opportunity to do real research! You will get hands-on experience in the steps involved in conducting meaningful clinical research, with the opportunity to publish in PubMed indexed journals and present at conferences.


Course overview

The USMLEsarthi research course comprises a core theory course (Principles of Research) followed by a practicum.

1. Principles of Research – Live, interactive lectures which are designed to walk you through the steps involved in conducting and publishing research.

2. Practicum - You will have the opportunity to work on research project. This project could include an original research article (your own or ongoing with a USMLEsarthi panelist), case reports, review articles or meta-analysis.

Course Duration and timeline

Principles of Research: 5-6 weeks

Practicum: About 12 weeks to prepare the draft and submission of manuscript/abstract (actual time depends on the effort you put in). This does not include the time various journals may take to accept and publish (3 months or more).

Course Prerequisites
No prior research experience is necessary.

Course fee

Principles of Research: $ 275
Principles of Research + Practicum: $575

Current Sarthi students will get 10% discount *

​* First 10 students

Course Curriculum

Principles of Research

This will include live interactive sessions with our Instructors. Student will learn about different types of research studies, different types of databases, hypothesis generation, designing research mythology, statistical analysis (hands on experience on sample database using SAS/SPSS software – just basic statistical tests), data interpretation and presentation. There will be a special session on ‘Research and Residency interviews’ in which we will guide you on the types of questions to expect on your research during the residency interviews.

The following topics will be covered

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? 
  • Research related questions for residency interviews

Practicum
If you sign up for Practicum as well, you will get the opportunity to work on one research project with a USMLEsarthi researcher.

Publications as part of Practicum

This will yield either one conference abstract or one full research article depending on research topic.

Our instructors are working on working on original research articles, abstract, meta-analysis articles, case reports and review articles. You will be able to work with one of them one of them depending on your interest, availability and mutual fit. This will be in a group and the researcher will determine group size.
In this case You will get co-authorship in one full article or one conference abstract.

If you want to work on your own topic, our team will assist you in writing and publishing and you will be the first author for the same.

 Course Dates
The first group for this year will start in January 2020 and depending on the availability of faculty and research topics we will start more groups in later months. Priority will be given to those applying for 2021 match (ERAS application submission starts September 15, 2020)
 
Class logistics
The Principles of Research classes will be live, interactive lectures held on the weekends. You can be based anywhere in the world. The classes are also recorded so you can always review the contents again.

For Practicum, the research faculty will form separate groups.

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