Scholarly Activities
It has been the policy of University of Florida that Graduate Medical Education must take place in an environment of inquiry and scholarship in which residents participate in the development of new knowledge, learn to evaluate research findings, and develop habits of inquiry as a continuing professional responsibility. Residents are required and encouraged to develop these skills by participating in a variety of scholarly and teaching activities.
Second-year child psychiatry residents are required to complete a scientific presentation to a professional audience. Working with an expert discussant, residents present a clinical case, review or research findings to the audience.
Residents are also encouraged to develop their own research projects focused upon a special area of interest in child and adolescent psychiatry. They are expected to write a paper of publishable quality before their graduation. The paper may be a case report, review of the literature, or research using a primary (pilot) or secondary database. The child psychiatry resident is encouraged to work with faculty on this manuscript, but should function as the first author. If completed prior to graduation, residents are encouraged to submit their work for awards sponsored by national organizations, i.e., APA and AACAP.
