The role of regional conferences in research resident career development: The California Psychiatry Research Resident Retreat. Besterman, A. D, Williams, J. K, Reus, V. I, Pato, M. T, Voglmaier, S. M, & Mathews, C. A Acad. Psychiatry, 41(2):272–277, April, 2017. abstract bibtex OBJECTIVE: For psychiatry research resident career development, there is a recognized need for improved cross-institutional mentoring and networking opportunities. One method to address this need is via regional conferences, open to current and recently graduated research residents and their mentors. With this in mind, we developed the biennial California Psychiatry Research Resident Retreat (CPRRR) and collected feedback from participants to 1) Assess resident satisfaction, 2) Determine the utility of the retreat as a networking and mentorship tool, and 3) Identify areas for improvement. METHODS: We gathered survey data from resident attendees at the two first CPRRRs. We analyzed the data to look for trends in satisfaction as well as areas that need improvement. RESULTS: Thirty-two residents from five California training programs attended the CPRRR in 2013 while 33 attended from six programs in 2015. The residents were from all years of training, but concentrated in their second and third years. Approximately 41% and 49% of the attendees were female and 53% and 39% had an MD/PhD in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Twenty-four and 32 residents provided anonymous feedback in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Mean feedback scores were very high (> 4/5) for overall satisfaction, peer- and faculty-networking, the keynote speaker and the flash talks for both years. Mean feedback scores for the ethics debates and mentoring sessions were somewhat lower ($≤$ 4/5), however, both showed significant improvement from 2013 to 2015. CONCLUSION: The CPRRRs appear to be an effective mechanism for providing psychiatry research residents with a meaningful cross-institutional opportunity for networking and mentorship. Feedback-driven changes to the CPRRRs improved participant satisfaction for several components of the conference. Future efforts will be aimed at broadening mentorship and networking opportunities, optimizing teaching approaches for research ethics, and considering different feedback-gathering approaches to allow for improved longitudinal follow-up and subgroup analysis.
@ARTICLE{Besterman2017-zw,
title = "The role of regional conferences in research resident career
development: The California Psychiatry Research Resident Retreat",
author = "Besterman, Aaron D and Williams, Jody K and Reus, Victor I and
Pato, Michele T and Voglmaier, Susan M and Mathews, Carol A",
abstract = "OBJECTIVE: For psychiatry research resident career development,
there is a recognized need for improved cross-institutional
mentoring and networking opportunities. One method to address
this need is via regional conferences, open to current and
recently graduated research residents and their mentors. With
this in mind, we developed the biennial California Psychiatry
Research Resident Retreat (CPRRR) and collected feedback from
participants to 1) Assess resident satisfaction, 2) Determine the
utility of the retreat as a networking and mentorship tool, and
3) Identify areas for improvement. METHODS: We gathered survey
data from resident attendees at the two first CPRRRs. We analyzed
the data to look for trends in satisfaction as well as areas that
need improvement. RESULTS: Thirty-two residents from five
California training programs attended the CPRRR in 2013 while 33
attended from six programs in 2015. The residents were from all
years of training, but concentrated in their second and third
years. Approximately 41\% and 49\% of the attendees were female
and 53\% and 39\% had an MD/PhD in 2013 and 2015, respectively.
Twenty-four and 32 residents provided anonymous feedback in 2013
and 2015, respectively. Mean feedback scores were very high (>
4/5) for overall satisfaction, peer- and faculty-networking, the
keynote speaker and the flash talks for both years. Mean feedback
scores for the ethics debates and mentoring sessions were
somewhat lower ($\leq$ 4/5), however, both showed significant
improvement from 2013 to 2015. CONCLUSION: The CPRRRs appear to
be an effective mechanism for providing psychiatry research
residents with a meaningful cross-institutional opportunity for
networking and mentorship. Feedback-driven changes to the CPRRRs
improved participant satisfaction for several components of the
conference. Future efforts will be aimed at broadening mentorship
and networking opportunities, optimizing teaching approaches for
research ethics, and considering different feedback-gathering
approaches to allow for improved longitudinal follow-up and
subgroup analysis.",
journal = "Acad. Psychiatry",
volume = 41,
number = 2,
pages = "272--277",
month = apr,
year = 2017,
keywords = "Career development; Conferences; Mentorship; Peer-Networking;
Research training",
language = "en"
}
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