AAFP Resident Scholar Competition Encourages Research

Family medicine resident scholars now have until Nov. 1 to submit their research and scholarly reports to the AAFP Resident Scholars Competition. The 2008 competition has broadened its focus to include two research categories. The discovery category includes reports of analyses of hypothesis-driven research; analyses of clinical process improvement/quality improvement project outcomes; and other analyses of quantitative or qualitative data. The synthesis category includes systematic reviews and case reports with literature reviews.

Judging criteria include rigor of the research methods or literature search, relevance of the topic to family medicine and quality of writing. Competition entrants must have developed their research hypothesis during their residency programs. The AAFP Commission on Science will select first- through third-place winners in January.

Residents can download the competition application (3-page PDF; About PDFs) and send it with their research papers to Bellinda Schoof, M.H.A., Manager of Scientific Affairs, American Academy of Family Physicians, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS 66212.

For more information, contact Schoof at (800) 274-2237, Ext. 3160, or send an e-mail to bschoof@aafp.org.