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Scholarship Curriculum

The goals of our Scholarship Curriculum are:

  • To train residents to integrate evidence-based medicine into the care of their patients through introduction to research, statistics, and critical appraisal of scholarship in medicine
  • To train residents to be able to present their research in abstract form and provide support to residents with goals of further contributions to research

The Scholarship Curriculum consists of a series of lectures during Academic Half Day including a ‘Scholarship in Practice’ series and a ‘Statistics for Clinicians’ core. In addition, residents will participate and present in a departmental journal club of their choice. All residents will have an opportunity to present a research abstract and poster during their second year at the South Carolina American Academy of Pediatrics (SCAAP) Meeting. In addition, the Department of Pediatrics holds an annual Darby Children’s Research Day in the Spring in which many residents present their work alongside faculty and fellows. Many of our residents present their work at national meetings and have participated in research that has been published in peer reviewed articles.

Residents interested in deeper research involvement are connected with our Pediatric Trainee Research Director, who helps to align them with pediatric research mentors and projects. 

For more information about the Darby Children’s Research Institute: Darby Children's Research Institute

Some recent examples of residents’ research include:

  • Jack Mobley, 2026 CHOP Annual Update on Pediatric Congenital Cardiovascular Disease Conference, Single-Center Harmony 25 mm Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Outcomes
  • Caroline O’Leary, 2026 AAAAI Annual Meeting, Beyond the Gut: Early-Onset Enteropathy and Severe Growth Faltering from STAT3 Gain-of-Function
  • Emily Downs, 2026 PAS Conference, Examining Hospitalization Rates in Trisomy 21: Who, What, and When Should Prompt Immune Evaluation
  • Anna Gallagher & Alex Tompkins, 2026 PAS Conference, Quality Improvement Initiative to Expedite Albuterol MDI Use During Asthma Exacerbation
  • Taylor Lofton, 2026 PAS Conference, The Space Between: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Evaluation of the Spinal Canal of Preterm Infants
  • Keila Magafas & Kady Palmer, 2026 PAS Conference, Pediatric Drowning Prevention: Assessment of Parent, Child, and Adolescent Risk Factors
  • Cayla Wakser, 18th Annual Pediatrics/DCRI Research Symposium, Evaluation of Neuromonitoring Practices in Pediatric ECMO: A Single Center Retrospective Study