Scholarly Activity | Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship | Academic Programs | Department of Pediatrics | UC Davis Health

• Completing the Pediatric Core Curriculum for Subspecialty Residents requirements
• Presenting clinical cases and journal club articles at Pediatric Endocrine conferences and meetings
• Submitting original abstracts to:
  • The Department of Pediatrics Annual Fellows' Research Symposium
  • Relevant regional and national subspecialty meetings
• Presenting a Grand Rounds presentation on a topic of interest, typically involving an area of scholarly activity
• Generating specific QI improvements and innovations
• Completing and submitting a written scholarly activity work product, as mandated by the American Board of Pediatrics. Examples include a peer-reviewed publication in which the fellow played a substantial role or an in-depth manuscript describing a completed project

The following are mechanisms to ensure appropriate training and guidance during research rotations:

• Choice of research mentor, under the guidance of the program director and a subgroup of faculty, based on the fellow's research interests. The research mentor serves on the fellow's Scholarly Oversight Committee and reports to the program director
• Scholarly Oversight Committee (see below)
• Meeting with the program director at regular intervals to review evaluations, personal goals, objectives and research progress
• Supplemental sponsored courses and tutorials on statistical analysis, grant writing, research methodology and study design

Review of scholarly activity occurs at the local level. Once a mentor is identified, a Scholarly Oversight Committee is assembled. The committee will:

• Determine a course of preparation beyond the core fellowship curriculum to ensure successful completion of the project
• Meet with the fellow early in the training period and regularly thereafter
• Evaluate progress of the fellow as related to the scholarly activity and identify any difficulties/barriers to success in the scholarly activity
• Require the fellow to present/defend the project related to the scholarly activity
• Advise the program director and clinical competency committee/program evaluation committee on the progress of the fellow and assess whether the requirements for participation in scholarly activity has been met.