Research Requirements
Research is a requirement for all of our residents. Our research curriculum follows
an outline which is geared towards publication in the final year.
During intern year, our PGY-1 residents are required to present a Case Report. This
case report will be presented during Didactics during the second half of the intern
year. It is also expected that during the year, interns identify a research idea and
begin working on a hypothesis. The resident will select a faculty research mentor.
Second year residents are expected to work on completing research protocol and submitting
that protocol for approval. The goal is for the project to achieve IRB approval by
the end of the first half of the year with hopes that the project begins collecting
data the second half of PGY-2 year. PGY-2 residents present their project ideas and
protocols at the Annual Morehouse School of Medicine OBGYN Resident Research Day.
Third year residents should be data gathering and analyzing the data collected. By
the second half of the PGY-3 year, data should be analyzed and the project prepared
for presentation at Resident Research Day.
Fourth year residents are expected to submit their finished projects to local, regional,
and national meetings for poster and or oral presentations as well as to journals
for publication.
Our research process is streamlined to promote residents’ scholarly activity. Residents
also have rotation blocks in which a portion of that time is dedicated to complete
resident research [PGY-2 and PGY-3].
23rd Annual Resident Research Day - June 4, 2024
The Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology hosts Resident Research Day, annually, during
the first week of June. This event allows our PGY-2 and PGY-3 residents to present
their research projects and discuss the results with the MSM community. This year's
Resident Research Day was a hybrid virtual and in-person event with high engagement.
Our keynote speaker and judge, Dr. Natalie Hernandez-Green, Associate Professor in
the MSM Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Executive Director of the Center
for Maternal Health Equity, gave a wonderful presentation titled, “HeartFelt Solutions:
Preconception Counseling for Maternal Health Cardiovascular Equity.” Dr. Hernandez-Green's
lecture provided our residents and faculty tools to think critically and creatively
on how to continue moving forward Morehouse School of Medicine's vision of leading
the creation and advancement of health equity and justice.
Dr. Oluwadamilola Thomas was selected as the winner of the 2024 Nelson McGhee Jr., M.D., Ph.D. Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident Research Day Award for her project, “Determining the Predictive Value of a Postpartum Hemorrhage Risk Assessment Tool at an Urban Safety Net Hospital”. Congratulations Dr. Thomas!
Click the image of the Resident Research Day brochure below to read more about the history of the OBGYN Department and for a list of current resident research projects.
