To the Editor: Given the need for clinicians to keep up with the pace of scientific innovation, and contribute to the formulation of new testable hypotheses, there is a current push for training programs to foster research interest and literacy among psychiatric residents. Some of the most utilized approaches are research seminars and journal clubs, where articles are dissected and methodological issues debated. We report on the use of publicly available epidemiological datasets to foster research literacy and methodology among psychiatric residents. Given the current availability of large epidemiological databases—such as the National Comorbidity Survey and its replication—it is possible to include residents in direct exercises of data analysis and hands-on research activities. Multiple publicly available datasets are online today, such as the National Health Interview Surveys (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm) and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm). Another resource is the large archive of computerized social science data at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, located within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu). At the Medical College of Georgia Adult Psychiatry Residency Program, we have implemented a program that has so far produced three resident-led research posters in national meetings and
Teaching Psychiatric Residents Research Literacy: Use of Existing Epidemiological Databases
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To the Editor: Given the need for clinicians to keep up with the pace of scientific innovation, and contribute to the formulation of new testable hypotheses, there is a current push for training programs to foster research interest and literacy among psychiatric residents. Some of the most utilized approaches are research seminars and journal clubs, where articles are dissected and methodological issues debated. We report on the use of publicly available epidemiological datasets to foster research literacy and methodology among psychiatric residents. Given the current availability of large epidemiological databases—such as the National Comorbidity Survey and its replication—it is possible to include residents in direct exercises of data analysis and hands-on research activities. Multiple publicly available datasets are online today, such as the National Health Interview Surveys (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm) and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm). Another resource is the large archive of computerized social science data at the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, located within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu). At the Medical College of Georgia Adult Psychiatry Residency Program, we have implemented a program that has so far produced three resident-led research posters in national meetings andPreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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Teaching Psychiatric Residents Research Literacy: Use of Existing Epidemiological Databases
Messias, Erick
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, Volume 33 (3): 268
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – May 1, 2009
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