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	A Time-Sensitive Plan for Research Training during Anesthesia Residency at Queen's:   Phase 1 - Fundamentals of Research and Critical Appraisal   Phase 2 - Research Project Conception and Design   Phase 3 - Conduct of Research/Presentation of results   Appendix 1 - Objectives of Training and Specialty Training Requirements in Anesthesia   Appendix 2 - Suggested Guidelines for Critical Appraisal of Papers for the Anesthesia Journal Club
	Phase 1 - Fundamentals of Research and Critical Appraisal PGY-1, July 1: • Residency Program Director (RPD) assigns each resident to 1 Faculty "Scholarship Mentor" who will help the resident meet the RCPSC Specific Objectives for Scholarship (see App. 1). • resident will attend introductory research course (http://meds.queensu.ca/medicine/obgyn/research/course2004.htm) • resident will consult Queen's Resident Research resources (http://meds.queensu.ca/medicine/obgyn/scholar/scholar.htm) (http://meds.queensu.ca/medicine/obgyn/links/roadmap.htm) • resident will also attend Core Anesthesiology Lecture on the critical appraisal of research literature. • resident will be told about the "research idea bank" which accepts "idea deposits" (with the heading format: clinical need, knowledge gap, hypothesis, study design, pitfalls/feasibility/project timeline) from contributors who will be later credited if resident uses their idea. • resident will be required to critically appraise a published research data article relevant to the specialty of Anesthesiology. PGY-1, October 1: • resident will submit to RPD a selection of three research study articles, only one of which will be approved (by October 15) by the "Resident Research Committee" (RRC) for the resident to critically appraise • The resident will evaluate the research study article according to "Journal Club Appraisal Criteria" (see App. 2) in a written essay 1,500 to 3,000 words long. PGY-1, February 15: • resident will submit Critical Appraisal Essay to RPD for review by RRC PGY-1, Resident Research Day: • Prize will be awarded to resident for writing the "Best Critical Appraisal Essay" which will be published in the Resident Research Day syllabus
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