Beth Israel Medical Center

Mentoring by senior researchers, opportunities for collaboration with basic science and clinical faculty, access to top facilities, and dedicated statistical support are the key elements needed to foster the development of young investigators and authors. All of these resources are available for house staff at Beth Israel Medical Center. 
We provide excellent opportunities to perform both basic research (most often pursued by those residents interested in academic subspecialty training) and clinical research for residents interested in primary care outcomes research or clinical trials. 

Library Access and Informatics

In addition to the medical center library, house staff have full internet access to all of the electronic holdings of both the Beth Israel and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine libraries. The Department of Medicine library and computer center is located on the 18th of Baird Hall and is accessible 24 hours a day to residents and medical students. In addition, house staff have access from all computers in the hospital to "Up To Date." Remote access to "Up To Date" is also available to all house staff so that this resource may be used at home. The MKSAP series is available in the Chief Medical Residents’ office. An electronic order entry system is utilized by nurses and physicians for order entry, medication charting, vital signs and results retrieval on all inpatient services.  Furthermore, residents have access to all radiology studies over the intranet.

Many residents conduct productive research projects, ranging from case reports or retrospective reviews to prospective clinical and laboratory studies. Departmental faculty members are available to provide consultation and collaboration in residents' research projects. 

Many house staff and faculty are actively engaged in systems research, which examine methods of delivery of care, cost analysis and hospital operations.  Members of our hospitalist group and other faculty are also working with house staff on quality improvement research projects.

Elective rotations can be grouped to allow significant blocks of research time.