Funding: Research team to receive PSI Foundation Research Grant in the amount of $20,000
The PSI Foundation has approved funding for Dr. Obaidullah Khan's Resident Research application, "Training of Canadian family medicine residents for POCUS screening of AAAs: a feasibility study" in the amount of $20,000.00 over one year.
"I am honoured to receive the PSI Foundations Research Grant in the amount of $20,000, one of the largest grants to be received by a resident in our program. I have the fortune of working with an excellent team, including Dr. Kyle Carter, Dr. Daniel Grushka, Dr. Craig Olmstead, Dr. Lawrence Yau (PGY3 - EM) and Dr. Ian Lobb (PGY1)."
The team's research study focuses on understanding how well family medicine residents can screen for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in the primary care setting, as compared to usual care.
"This has never been done with a group of residents in family medicine, each with no more than a half day of training. While this prospective study is currently on hold due to COVID, our hope is to create a further understanding of the use of ultrasound probes in the family clinic setting."
The PSI Foundation Research Grant will allow the team to purchase up to six ultrasound probes to be distributed to the Mount Brydges and Victoria Family Medical Centre (VFMC) clinics and allow further training of residents in the use of ultrasound in primary care.
"This is an incredible asset for any family residency program, and our hope is to work towards a curriculum change as well as producing more research in this growing field. We are incredibly grateful to the PSI Foundation for this generous grant."
Resident Research Grants are concise health research projects, which have been largely developed by the Resident. The majority of the work involved in completing the research must be done by the resident who will be referred to as the Principal Investigator of the project. The project must be supervised by a physician with an academic appointment.
To be eligible to apply for a Resident Research Grant, the Resident must have PGY status as per the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The restriction whereby PSI will not consider applications for research within the areas of cancer, and heart and stroke does not apply to resident research projects.
