Residents are required to successfully complete a written academic project during their residency training program. The resident academic project consists of one of the following four scholarly endeavors:

1) Research Proposal
- Question, literature review, methods

2) Educational Methodology Paper
- Question – eg – How Should We Teach Suture Skills?
- Literature Review
- Concrete Plan of Action – may be a tool

3) Policy Paper
- Question/Problem to be solved – eg – What is the role of the family physician in advocating for the homeless?
- Literature review
- Recommendation

4) Ethics Discussion Paper
- Problem/Clinical Scenarios
- Literature Review
- Synthesis

Posted below are the Evaluation Forms used for each of the scholarly endeavors:

Research Proposals (pdf)

Educational. Methodology (pdf)

Policy Paper (pdf)

Ethics Discussion (pdf)

Further information:

Research Project-Gayle Halas Presentation Aug 2011 (pdf)

Proposal Writing (pdf)

Policy on Resident Academic Projects (pdf)

Academic Project - Presentation Guidelines (pdf)

Bannatyne Campus Research Ethics Board – Informed Consent Templates

ITER (pdf)