Research training and residents

Régis Hankard

doi:10.1503/cmaj.110-2076

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Promoting research training in pediatrics
R�gis HANKARD

Published on: 15 March 2011

Published on: (15 March 2011)

Promoting research training in pediatrics
R�gis HANKARD, Universit� Poitiers, Poitiers, France
Six months after our letter to CMAJ the Inserm-Pediatrics interface committee published on the Inserm Website the list of the research units conducting research programs on pediatrics and development (http://extranet.inserm.fr/comites-d-interface/pediatrie). Eighty nine French research teams claimed to welcome residents or young physicians in pediatrics to conduct a master or PhD. Most of them are located in Paris (n=...
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Six months after our letter to CMAJ the Inserm-Pediatrics interface committee published on the Inserm Website the list of the research units conducting research programs on pediatrics and development (http://extranet.inserm.fr/comites-d-interface/pediatrie). Eighty nine French research teams claimed to welcome residents or young physicians in pediatrics to conduct a master or PhD. Most of them are located in Paris (n=36) and belong to the Inserm. Sixteen deal with neurology or neuro- development, 10 with nutrition and metabolism, 9 with nephrology.
This list aimed at increasing the number of residents spending a year in research training. At the same time, the French Pediatric Society (SFP) put 270 000 € in competitive grants to help master or PhD students in Pediatrics to conduct a one year research training (http://www.sfpediatrie.com/). Thirty - five students applied for these grants in 2011, 25 for a master and 10 for a PhD.
Providing information easily available on the web and funding might promote research within residents. This list might also help students from other countries to find a research team to come in France. Scientists, clinicians, or industrial groups will also take benefit of such a list. The Inserm Pediatrics interface committee will upgrade the list every year. The impact of this combined action on research training will be analyzed in the next years.
Pr Régis Hankard Inserm Pediatric Interface Committee and Inserm CIC 0802, CHU Poitiers, Université Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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