Residents are required to engage in a personalized, long-term scholarly experience culminating in a poster or oral presentation, often at the Annual Department of Psychiatry Research Day. The chosen projects can encompass various research types, such as case reports, clinical trials, data analysis, surveys, or collaboration with other residents. Minimum requirements are outlined by year of training.

PGY1

• Attend three hours of workshops on research fundamentals, data analysis, scientific writing, and library services.
• Begin considering scholarly and clinical interests.
• Identify a research topic and a faculty mentor.
• Draft a concise research question.
• Meet with faculty leadership to assess project feasibility.
• Submit the chosen research topic, question, and faculty mentor's name by the end of PGY-1.

PGY2

• Complete a 4-week Scholarly Activity Rotation, with 2 weeks dedicated to the research project.
• Conduct a literature review and produce a 3-4 page manuscript with at least 10-15 primary source citations.
• Collaborate with the faculty scholarly mentor throughout this process.
• Submit the final manuscript at the end of PGY-2.

PGY3

• Work with a faculty mentor.
• Expand upon the manuscript with a more extensive project, which could include a literature review (25+ citations), case series, quality improvement project, or dataset analysis.

PGY4

• Continue working with a faculty mentor.
• Disseminate research results:
  • Present at the annual UConn Psychiatry Department Research Day.
  • Present at regional or national meetings.
  • Give a presentation at UConn Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds.
  • Explore other dissemination avenues as needed.

Note: Dissemination can occur at any time during residency.