Research Question: state it

Resident Name, PGYMentor: Name

Background (or why did you ask the question)

• Identify at least 2 current manuscripts that lead to your question

• Identify knowledge gap or need for replication of current research (perform PubMed search to find out if there is an answer already)

Hypothesis and Aims

• State your hypothesis• State your null hypothesis• Identify aims of your research

Methods

• How are you going to go about to answer your question?

Results

• Expected or Real (if you have them already)

Limitations

• Limitations in study design or in sample size• Barriers of the current project

Summary

• Future directions (for Expected Results) or Conclusions (for Real Results)