Training at four academic/professional levels is integral to FM Research.
For: Current FM House Officers
Offers: MS in Medical Research
Requires: 38 course hours, usually completed over three years. Includes ethics, biostatistics, epidemiology, healthcare research and original research project and thesis
See MSIA in FM Research
or contact: Dr. Helen McIlvain (hemcilva@unmc.edu)
Med Student Summer Research Scholarship Program
For: Students in UNMC College of Medicine, especially first-year
Offers: Credit for summer rotation, stipend
Requires: Application describing research plan; letter of support from faculty sponsor; 8-12 weeks, 40 hours per week
Recent M-1 projects:
- Characteristics of Successful Family Physicians in Rural Nebraska: A Qualitative Study ot Physician Interviews
- Tobacco Assessment: An Accurate Health History.
For information about M-1 Summer Research:
Dr. Jenenne Geske (jgeske@unmc.edu)
For: Graduate Students enrolled ar area institutions
Offers: Tuition up to 9 hrs/semester; annual stipend
Requires: 20 hours per week; collaboration with research faculty
Recent GRA research:
- Barriers to Effective Depression Treatment in Primary Care
- Teen Counselors for Smoking Cessation
- Comparison of Office Measurement and Automated BP Measurement
For information about a becoming a graduate research assistant:
Dr. Jenenne Geske (jgeske@unmc.edu).
Faculty Mentoring Group
For: Junior FM Faculty
Offers: Orientation to expectations of academic medicine and information and skills to be successful and productive faculty member
Requires: 10 monthly half-day sessions, portfolio development