A Resident Research Training Program for Physician-Scientists The program is open to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students.
The DART Program consists of 2 components: the Summer Research Fellowship Program & the Resident Research Track.
1) SUMMER FELLOWSHIP RESEARCH TRAINING:
The MUSC DART program offers a summer research fellowship for students interested in learning more about research. During the fellowship, students spend 10-12 weeks (as determined by the student and mentor’s schedule) working full-time in their r
esearch mentor’s lab. The goal of the DART Summer Fellowship Program is to introduce promising students to research, both basic science and clinical in nature, and afford them the opportunity to work closely with a research mentor and his/her investigative team. Eligibility: Medical, Graduate & Undergraduate Students
2) RESIDENT RESEARCH TRACK:
The MUSC psychiatry residency program offers a research track for residents committed to pursuing research careers. The research track can be integrated within any of the three main residency programs and encompasses the last one or two years of residency training. The program accomplishes its objectives within the same four-year time period required for clinical training and board certification in psychiatry. In addition, the training format qualifies residents for the new NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program initiative. As a trainee in the research track, you will benefit from receiving individually-tailored, mentored research training; assistance with designing research studies; support in submitting applications to the university’s IRB and local or national funding organizations; assistance with statistical design and analysis questions; financial support to conduct your research; financial support to attend and/or present at research conferences; assistance with preparing conference abstracts, manuscripts to be submitted for publication, and grant applications; the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team of accomplished researchers from various backgrounds including psychiatry, psychology, pharmacology, nursing, and biostatistics; and work space including wired cubes at the program’s main office location in the Charleston Center. Selected residents participate half-time, in a well-coordinated curriculum that includes intensive mentored research rotations (each resident is matched with an active researcher who will serve as the primary mentor responsible for guiding the individual's research experience in their principal area of research interest), and formal didactic training in the skills typically necessary for a successful research career. These include, for example: methodological skills (e.g., study design, data collection, and statistical techniques); communication skills (e.g., written and oral communication, presentation skills); research ethics; and attitudinal skills (e.g., seeking and accepting advice, collaboration with colleagues). Seminars are held each week at 9:00am on Tuesdays in the Roper Medical Office Bldg, Suite 140. While these seminars are mandatory for trainees in the research track, they are open to residents and students outside the program and all are welcome to attend. Contact Dr. Sudie Back at [email protected] for more information or to be added to the seminar email list. Selected residents will have an initial assessment of their current research knowledge and skills, which will guide the individualization of the curriculum. This assessment will ensure that deficiencies in training that would serve as an impediment to a successful independent research career will be targeted in training. For example, most residents present with inadequate skills in research methodology, experimental design, and statistics which impedes their ability to fully participate in issues of study design, study ex*****on, and data analysis. Thus, the program takes responsibility for ensuring that these voids are filled for each individual either through formal course work, attendance at seminars, mentoring activities, and/or exposure to relevant research experiences. http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/psychiatry/research/cns/DART/dart.htm
