Training in Practice Based Research (TIPR)
Course Directors: Michael Potter (michael.potter@ucsf.edu) and Emilia De Marchis (emilia.demarchis@ucsf.edu)
Course Administrator: Saji Mansur (saji.mansur@ucsf.edu)
Content Developers: Katherine Dang, Emilia De Marchis, Paula Fleisher, Sundeep Gupta, Brooke Harris, Kelsey Holt, Susan Hughes, Mohammad Khan, Saji Mansur, Daphne Miller, Michael Potter, Priyanka Tulshian, and Roberto Vargas.
Course Sponsors: UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (including the San Francisco Bay Collaborative Research Network - SFBayCRN), UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine (including the UCSF Family Medicine Alliance Residency Programs), and the UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
Program Description: The goal of this program is to provide residency learners with training in practice based research and scholarly activities, more generally. Specifically, the goals are to provide learners with an introductory experience with research and scholarly activities in community-based clinical settings, including clinical research, implementation research, and quality improvement. These topics will be presented with a focus on engaging invested parties, addressing the needs of diverse communities and structural biases such as racism and gender discrimination in research. This program is currently offered as an elective at participating UCSF-affiliated community based residency training programs. The program is longitudinal, self-paced, and divided into two main parts.
In PART 1, learners will engage in a series of modules that include online lectures, readings, and homework supervised by local residency faculty mentors. These modules are self-paced and designed to be completed within one year, but may be completed in less time if desired. The module activities will build on each other and lead to a final product, which will be a 3-5 page written practice-based research protocol for a scholarly activity that can be completed in Part 2 of the program.
In PART 2, learners will implement their scholarly activity protocol and present their findings at a UCSF academic research conference before the conclusion of their final year of residency. Learners at each residency program may implement their activities and protocols individually or as groups. These activities will be supervised by local residency faculty mentors with additional consultation from UCSF-based research faculty as needed. Optional training modules on how to write an abstract, how to prepare an academic presentation, and academic career development are available to support successful completion of the program.
Program Leadership:
Each residency program has a designated faculty lead for the TIPR
program. This local faculty lead should be the main point of contact for
learners. Each learner will also be assigned a local faculty mentor who may or
may not also be their faculty lead. Mentors will provide guidance on developing
scholarly activity protocols and overseeing learners' scholarly activities in
Part 2. It
is up to individual residency programs is the faculty lead or faculty mentor
will assist learners in reviewing modules and associated module activities.
Learners should direct questions to their local faculty lead but are welcome to
reach out to the TIPR course administrator, course directors, and/or online
module leaders for additional guidance at any time.
Additional Information:
As we continually try to improve the course, we ask faculty and learners to provide feedback through short surveys at the end of each module.
The course will not be graded, but learners will be provided with a certificate of course participation after successful completion of both parts of the course.
