ITD 430 - Introduction to Scholarly Activity

The scholarly activity requirement is designed to provide the basic tools and opportunity to develop research skills that add value to clinical knowledge and practice. Participation in scholarly activity is a program requirement for accreditation by the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) for all training specialties with the purpose of advancing knowledge of the basic principles of research including how research is conducted, evaluated, explained to patients, and applied to patient care. This course provides protected time for the opportunity to further develop an area of interest and lay the foundation for a professional identity that includes systematic investigation and problem solving. Students will contribute a scholarly work to one of the 4 main domains of scholarly activity including DISCOVERY (advancing knowledge), INTEGRATION (synthesizing knowledge), APPLICATION (applying existing knowledge), or TEACHING (disseminating current knowledge).