Table 2.
Characteristics of Residency Research Projects (N = 434)
| Characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Project design | |
| Retrospective | 390 (89.9) |
| Not applicable/unknown | 20 (4.6) |
| Prospective | 19 (4.4) |
| Retrospective and prospective | 5 (1.1) |
| Patient population | |
| All pediatrics (general pediatrics, NICU, PICU) | 115 (26.5) |
| NICU | 76 (17.5) |
| PICU | 70 (16.1) |
| Hematology/oncology | 35 (8.1) |
| Outpatient/emergency department | 27 (6.2) |
| Other/unknown | 25 (5.8) |
| NICU and PICU | 24 (5.5) |
| Pulmonology | 24 (5.5) |
| No patient population | 14 (3.2) |
| General pediatrics | 12 (2.8) |
| Nephrology/transplant | 12 (2.8) |
| Category | |
| Clinical – infectious diseases | 97 (22.4) |
| Quality improvement | 56 (12.9) |
| Clinical – cardiology/pulmonology | 48 (11.1) |
| Clinical – sedation/analgesia | 44 (10.1) |
| Pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics | 36 (8.3) |
| Other/unknown | 26 (6.0) |
| Clinical – anticoagulants | 23 (5.3) |
| Clinical – gastroenterology/nutrition | 22 (5.1) |
| Clinical – hematology/oncology | 22 (5.1) |
| Clinical – unspecified | 21 (4.8) |
| Clinical – nephrology/endocrinology | 16 (3.7) |
| Clinical – antiepileptics | 14 (3.2) |
| Stability analysis | 6 (1.4) |
| Epidemiology | 3 (0.7) |