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Research Literacy for Psychiatry Residents: a 10-Session Curriculum Using a Problem-Based Learning Approach

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Drs. Forehand and Levis were supported by VA Office of Academic Affiliation advanced fellowships in health professions education evaluation (Forehand) and health systems engineering (Levis) during the time they completed this evaluation. Dr. Shiner was supported by the VA New England Early Career Development Award Program (V1CDA2010-03) and the VA Health Services Research and Development Career Development Award Program (CDA11-263) during the time he and Dr. Watts developed the curriculum and materials. The sponsors had no role in the study design, methods, analysis, and interpretation of results or in the preparation of the manuscript and the decision to submit it for publication.

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Forehand, J.A., Levis, M., Watts, B.V. et al. Research Literacy for Psychiatry Residents: a 10-Session Curriculum Using a Problem-Based Learning Approach. Acad Psychiatry 46, 504–509 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-021-01487-y

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