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. Residents can choose from a variety of projects including 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 PGY1.

PGY2

• Attend mandatory meeting(s) with research faculty to establish goals for Scholarly Rotation.
• 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 PGY2.

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.