Webinar: Fundamentals of Medical Research by Project IMG

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Fundamentals of Medical Research

Are you new to medical research and need to know where to start?

Are you already engaged in the development of a manuscript but need to learn the finer points?

Are you concerned with not having any medical research publications listed on your CV and ERAS application?

Our Project IMG Medical Research course was designed to provide medical students, graduates and residents with a formal training program to establish a strong foundation in clinical research and their enhance their skills in networking and collaboration.

This course was originally developed to teach residents at the largest residency program in the US to meet their program's scholarly activity requirements. It's a focused and refined course that teaches what's most important and how to take you from having zero medical education experience to producing your first manuscript.

The course is made up of six lectures that emphasizes peer-to-peer learning:

MODULE 1: Introduction to Research & Scholarship - Webinar date: 6/15/2022

MODULE 2: Improving Case Reports: Get it published! - Webinar date: 6/26/2022

MODULE 3: Introduction to Quality Improvement for Healthcare Professionals: A Lean Six Sigma Approach - Webinar date: 7/10/2022

MODULE 4: Developing a research proposal: NIH style - Webinar date: 7/24/2022

MODULE 5: Writing your 1st systematic peer-reviewed article - Webinar date: 8/7/2022

MODULE 6: Writing & reviewing your own work for publication & ERAS - Webinar date: 8/21/2022

This series of lectures in the intended sequence, provides foundations to strengthen writing skills with practical application. Goals of each lecture series is described individually.

The complete 6 module course is offered at $195 or you can purchase individual modules for $50.

Participants will receive a certificate of completion for each individual module as well as for the entire series.

Meet The Faculty

Marcos A. Sanchez-Gonzalez, MD, PhD, LSSBB

Fmr. VP of Research & Academic Affairs, Director of Continuing Medical Education and Director of Clinical & Translational Research at Larkin Hospital

Dr. Sanchez-Gonzalez has over 15 years of teaching and research experience in academic institutions at different levels, including pre-medical, graduate, medical, and postgraduate medical education. This has allowed him to obtain an insightful understanding of healthcare and medical education throughout the training continuum. He has also conducted research, in both Universities and Hospital settings, from basic to clinical, among others. Also, he has trained Postdoctoral Fellows and graduate students in their research projects, theses, and dissertations.

Dr. Sanchez developed the Fundamentals of Medical Research course aimed at educating Medical Residents in research as part of their graduate medical education experience while mentoring over 600 residents in over 43 different specialties. He led a group responsible for conceptualizing, designing, performing, and publishing scholarly work with yearly productivity of over 175 scientific abstracts, papers, and presentations.

As an Investigator, Dr. Sanchez-Gonzalez is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Minority Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE- CGE) and grant reviewer. His research interest is to develop comprehensive interventions based on the integration of pharmacotherapy, intended to ameliorate cardiovascular functioning and improve the quality of life of patients living with cardiorespiratory conditions, including asthma and allergies.
Syed A. A. Rizvi., PhD(Pharm), PhD(Chem), MSc, MBA, MS

Faculty

Dr. Rizvi earned bachelor of Science (B.Sc) and Master of Science degrees from the University of Karachi, with expertise in Organic and Natural Product Chemistry. After earning an M.Sc, Dr. Rizvi came to US to pursue an M.S and Ph.D combined degree program at the Center for Biotechnology and Drug Design, Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University (GSU), Atlanta, GA. While working at GSU, Dr. Rizvi was trained in the areas of Analytical Chemistry, Separation Sciences, Bioanalysis, Surfactant Chemistry, Chiral Separations of the Drugs, Trace Level Analysis (Forensic Chemistry) of Drugs in human body fluids (led to a US and International patent).

Right after finishing M.S and Ph.D at the GSU, Dr. Rizvi pursued another Ph.D (under Prof. Martin J. D’Souza) at the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Department of the Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mercer University (MU), Atlanta, GA in collaboration with Dr. Scott L Childs (founder and chief Scientific officer, Renovo Research, LLC). At Mercer, Dr. Rizvi was trained in the areas of Solid Dosage Formulations (direct compressed tablets), Controlled Release Formulations, Nanoparticulate System for Non-Invasive real time In Vivo Imaging, Cell-Lipid interaction Studies. At Renovo, Dr. Rizvi was trained in the area of Solid State Chemistry of the Drugs, e.g., Polymorphism and Cocrystallization .

Dr. Rizvi has Published over 250 peer reviewed articles that including, 51 journal papers, 48 oral and poster presentation abstracts, 2 book chapters, 1 text book, and 1 US patent (US8168440). Dr. Rizvi also presents his work through posters and oral presentations in national and international conferences. Dr. Rizvi serves as editor-in-chief, associate editor, executive editor and editorial board member for 35 different journals (various capacities) and review manuscripts and books for 76 well known scientific publications (journals and books).
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This Medical Research Course Has 6 Sections

MODULE 1: Introduction to Research & Scholarship

Wednesday, June 15, 2022 · 11:00 AM EDT

The Introduction to Research & Scholarship is 1st of 5 modules included in our medical research course. This initial module is being provided for free and additional details will be provided soon to subscribe to the remaining modules.

Dissemination of knowledge comprises a series of activities leading to successful submission publication of scholarly work in various peer-reviewed journals and publishing avenues. Medical, Dental, as well as Healthcare related professionals, are typically required to engage in activities leading to advancing research and scholarship. There is, however, a major educational gap as many of the programs does not necessarily cover such concepts as part of the traditional curriculum. The goal of this presentation is to familiarize learners with the different types of scholarly activities including case reports, research, quality improvement, and systematic reviews. Learners will have the opportunity to familiarize with the main similarities and differences between these scholarly activities as well as understand the steps needed for the successful publication of intellectual work.

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MODULE 2: Improving Case Reports: Get it published!

Sunday, June 26, 2022 · 11:00 AM EDT

Clinical case reports make an amazing teaching tool for healthcare professionals. The tend to be short and often the first type of manuscript published by most medical students and the residents. Putting together a well written clinical case report requires understanding the components and following the specific style of the targeted journal. This also requires meticulous history taking, proper differential diagnosis, clinical evidences (Lab reports, imaging studies, etc) and the outcome of interventions with lesson learned.

We will utilize various published case reports in peer reviewed journal (by the faculty member him/herself as well as others) to highlight the components of a well written report, rare diseases an unusual presentation of known cases, and thus will help in their practice.

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MODULE 3: Introduction to Quality Improvement for Healthcare Professionals: A Lean Six Sigma Approach

Sunday, July 10, 2022 · 11:00 AM EDT

Despite modern medical advances in various fields of medicine, medical errors are considered the third leading cause of death in the United States. In response to such an alarming fact, both medical schools and graduate medical education accreditation agencies have highlighted the importance of promoting a culture of patient safety and minimizing medical errors while developing quality improvement initiatives. There is, however, a paucity in the methodologies and curricular design activities intended to deliver quality improvement knowledge aimed at minimizing medical errors in medical trainees. Lean Six Sigma, also known as the science of improvement, offers the highest level of combined technical science and soft science available to industries and non-profits today in a single course of study on quality.

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MODULE 4: Developing a research proposal: NIH style

Sunday, July 24, 2022 · 11:00 AM EDT

In a pursuit of academic medicine, medical scientists (doctors with strong research background, often have PhDs too) have to write grant proposals and secure extramural funding to start and sustain a research lab. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH), is the biggest health funding agency in the U.S and the world, with an annual budget of US$39 billion (2019). Thus learning how to write and submit NIH specific research proposal (grants and contracts) is very relevant and a must for anyone interested in medical training opportunities and enter the academic medicine.

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MODULE 5: Writing your 1st systematic peer-reviewed article

Sunday, August 14, 2022 · 11:00 AM EDT

Having a peer-reviewed publication makes it lot more feasible to get a residency (and good ones) in the US hospital. Almost all the US hospitals required doctors to publish or submit at least one or more manuscripts before licensing. If doctors want to purse the academic medicine, they must be proficient in both the areas of research and writing (papers and grant).

In this course, each student is required to re-write one of the previously published clinical case reports or a review article, and make a presentation. It allows student to overcome fear of communication (more important for foreign medical graduates). This has led to peer-reviewed publications with students in the past. The clinical case reports assigned to the students will also help student to learn new and unusual clinical cases, examples of good SOAP notes, complex differential diagnoses, treatment and follow up protocols (good universal doctoring skills).

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MODULE 6: Writing & reviewing your own work for publication & ERAS

Sunday, September 4, 2022 · 11:15 AM EDT

In the words of Dr. Francis Crick Noble Laureate, who reposed the double helix structure of the DNA molecule), “There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper”. Writing a succinct and lucid medical report for internal use and for peer-reviewed publication and presentation, requires underrating the art and science of good academic writing as well much practice under the guidance of expert authors.

The Scientific and Medical Writing lecture series is designed to healthcare students and practitioners, using lectures and published (peer-reviewed) medical manuscripts to teach the fundamentals of medical writing, editing, and medical communication needed to enter the profession and to succeed as skilled medical communicator.

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