Trainees will devote 100% of their time to experiential research activities, including developing, planning and implementing research projects; preparing manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed journals; preparing and participating in research presentations; and preparing a small grant application (e.g., professional society grant, institutional grant, F32).
Ensuring alignment of each trainee’s research project(s) with existing research expertise and mentors’ strengths will begin during the review of applications. Additional evaluation of the fit between a trainee’s research interests and the program’s strengths will occur during the review of an applicant’s personal statement and interviewer evaluations.
Trainees with less research experience or training may require an initial developmental period to focus on research training and skill-building before initiating a supervised research project.
Trainees with prior research training and experience will likely require a brief period of targeted training and can initiate their experiential research quickly.
GHREST leadership has substantial prior experience in successfully mentoring surgical trainees who have minimal prior research and training to execute a research project, present at local and national meetings (often winning awards) and prepare manuscripts for publication in high-impact journals.
