Research Day
2008 OB-GYN Resident Research Day-3rd Year Residents (PDF, 961.7 KB)
Kenneth Ward, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Hawai'i
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Welcome to the Thirteenth Annual Residents Research Day for our third year
residents being held by the University of Hawaii Department of Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Women’s Health. Medical Research is a critical component of
medicine. As one of my professors used to put it: “Half of what we teach you is
wrong, half of what you will do in practice is wrong...only research can tell us
which half is right and which half is wrong!”
An integral part of training for our residents is an understanding of medical
research. In discovering how to question, how to structure a protocol, how to
maneuver through an Institutional Review Board approval, how to enroll patients,
how to assess information and data, our residents develop an awareness of good
science. This knowledge and the ability to critically read a journal article
will serve these physicians well throughout their careers. We thank everyone on
the faculty and in the community who have helped guide our residents at each
“how to” step. We applaud our third year residents for the hurdles they have
cleared.
Lynnae Millar, M.D.
Associate Professor and Director of Research
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Hawai'i
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Welcome to Research Day. Our residents have worked over the last three years on an original research project. They have been involved in generating the idea underlying their proposal, study design, IRB approval, patient enrollment, data collection and analysis and in preparing their abstract and presentation. We feel this is an important part of their education giving them experience in the conduct of clinical trials, and increasing their ability to critically read medical literature. We appreciate the support offered by physicians and fellow residents who enroll their patients in these trials and who are here today to hear their presentations.
Michael Aaronoff, M.D.
Associate Program Director and Director of Resident Research
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Hawai'i
Welcome to the 2008 Resident Research Day. I congratulate our third year residents on the completion of their excellent projects and for your support of resident research. As in years past, our patients, hospitals, department, Hawaii Residency Program, faculty, visiting professor, teaching staff, medical students, nursing, ancillary and support staff all have helped support our residents as they accomplished this work. And with each of these projects, we have seen again that the most interesting results are obtained by asking the right kinds of questions.