Research

Scholarship is a key component of the PGY1 Residency program. The resident will be expected to complete one traditional residency research project and one medication use evaluation during the year. The residency program directors and other preceptors will meet with the residents during the residency orientation to discuss the research project and develop initial ideas for projects. Upon identification of a project, the residents will be assigned a research team, consisting of various residency preceptors, to work with throughout the longitudinal project. The resident will be given a basic timeline to follow for project completion. The resident and the assigned research team will further develop a project specific timeline of events and deadlines for the project. The resident will present the project proposal to the Cape Fear Valley Institutional Review Board (IRB) for approval and will present the results of the project at a regional residency conference in the spring of the residency year.