Improving outcomes in anaesthesiology education on research

For more than 30 years in the United States, we have been lamenting the fate of the clinician-scientist in anaesthesiology. In the past 5 years, attention to the issues has escalated and a number of new training pathways have emerged. This chapter summarizes programs which have innovative curricula, analyzes current research needs and discusses the limited studies in regards to best practices for research training in graduate medical education. It also proposes further development of residency research curricula through the application of basic educational concepts and explores funding issues and resources that remain relevant to all faculty and departments training the residents. We hope the ideas proposed here will promote the academic caliber of our profession; however, much more data and outcomes research needs to be done to determine our best practices for the future.