Research project and resources

Pharmacy residents at Mayo Clinic make valuable contributions to evidence-based literature through completion of a required research project. Additionally, each resident is enrolled in Mayo Clinic's pharmacy research curriculum to develop foundational research skills. This curriculum includes two all-day, application-based workshops taught by experienced pharmacist researchers plus the completion of courses provided by Mayo Clinic's Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS). As a resident, you will complete the CCaTS Fundamentals of Clinical and Translational Science (FunCaTS).

The two live research workshops, offered at the beginning of the academic year, allow you to learn directly from and with research experts on a variety of topics, including:

• Authorship considerations and guidelines
• Institutional review board introduction and submission considerations
• Development of a research proposal and protocol
• Research tools for timeline development and project management
• Data mining and reporting using the electronic health record
• Database development and basics of data management
• Citation management
• Introductory course on statistical software
• Abstract, poster, and manuscript preparation and writing

Pharmacy residents are afforded additional research support in the form of statistical expertise. Upfront collaboration with these experts assists in the refinement of the study question, methodology, statistical sample size calculation and justification, and plans for data analysis.

Pharmacy residents submit the results of their research to peer-reviewed journals and  present research results at a regional residency conference.