Revised Feb 15, 2012
PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH PRACTICUM
A HANDS-ON COURSE FOR RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS
Hoyle Leigh, MD, Course Director
Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF
Ronna Mallios, Ph.D, MPH, Consultant
Wednesdays 12:10 - 1:10 PM
CL Conference Room, CRMC Basement
Hoyle Leigh, M.D. 559-459-4995, hoyle.leigh@ucsf.edu
Ronna Mallios, Ph.D., MPH, 559-499-6670 Rmallios@fresno.ucsf.edu
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Overview of the Series
Note:
Everyone should take the Human Research on-line course by going to https://www.citiprogram.org and Registering. This is necessary to do any research in UCSF and/or the VA. Please sign up for two institutions, one for VA - "Fresno, CA-570," (ID: 153) and "University of California, San Francisco" (ID: 1215). The course name is "Human Research." You can affiliate with as many institutions as you like, so residents can use this as they go on to do research at other hospitals. This will take up to 2 hrs.
Session 1. Introduction: What is Research?
Reading Material for Session 1: What is Research? Part I. Stories
An excellent optional background reading material:
The Conduct of Inquiry by Abraham Kaplan (selections)
Other optional readings: the famous Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox
Science Article: Spooky twins survive Einsteinian torture
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox
Session 2. The Consultation-Liaison Database: Hands-On experience
Reading Material for Session 2: Research Methods Part 2. Research Methods
Homework: Please develop a Research Question
Session 3. Developing a Project
Discussion of the Research Questions each member brought
NOTE: IRB Approval is an Essential Procedure.
1.
For those who will do the project using records or patients at CRMC,
including the CL database, you should fill out the CRMC IRB form, or obtain it
The IRB form is here. To obtain it from CRMC, go to
www.mycmc.com, then log on with your username and password. Then, click on
Community forum on the Left Side of the Page under DESKTOP APPS.
Then you will get to the Community Forum page. On top of the page, there is a bar with Home on the left, and in the middle is the Documents. Click on the Documents, then on the Misc Forms, then IRB Application.
2. For those of you who wish to do a project on VA patients, please use the VA forms here.
*Reading for Session 4: Review the Insomnia Manuscript and score it, write a critique and bring them for discussion. The scoring form and critique form are in the front of the manuscript.
Session 4. Critique of a Research Paper, Writing Up the Proposal
Using Others to Help: Collaborators, Consultants, Statisticians, Slave labor, etc.
After this session, please make appointment with the consultant
Reading for Session 4: Review the Insomnia Manuscript and score it, write a critique and bring them for discussion.
Session 5. How to set up data so that they can be analyzed? What statistical methods to use? Ronna Mallios
Session 6. Please review and score the CATIE paper for discussion during this session
Additional Resource: Harvard Review of CATIE,
Please use the GENERIC SCORING FORM for all reviews.
Session 7. Please review and score the serotonin transporter, depression, stress and heart study.
Session 8. Report of Status of Projects
Session 9. Please review and score the Star*D study
Additional Resources: Star*D after SSRI
Grik gene and treatment for depression
Serotonin transporter gene and treatment
Session 10. Please review and score the Functional Neuroanatomy of Placebo Effect
Session 11. Presentation of Project Status
Session 12. Review and Critique of Huntington paper
Session 13. Review and Critique of cataplexy paper
Session 14. Review and Critique of PTSD and depression paper
Session 15. Project Status and Discussion
Session 16-19. Presentation of Projects