Research Strategic Plan
LECOM Research Strategic Plan – Goals and Objectives
The table below outlines the goals and objectives that we will use to support faculty and student research efforts, and to ensure that the faculty have the time and resources to pursue research endeavors.
| GOAL | OBJECTIVE | MECHANISMS |
| GOAL 1 Contribute to the advancement of knowledge through research and scholarly contributions
| 1A: To provide institutional support to the faculty in the planning and conduct of scholarly activities | Office of Research and Grants Management: support for project planning and identification of extramural funding sources |
| Provide faculty with adequate time to plan, conduct, and report scholarly activities | ||
| 1B: To support funding of faculty and student research and scholarly activities through budgetary processes | Competitive internal funding opportunities, including those in support of scholarly activity in osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) and osteopathic principles and practices (OPP), basic sciences and clinical sciences, and health professions education | |
| Annual budget with funds allocated toward faculty and student research activities | ||
| 1C: To provide facilities and infrastructure to support the conduct of research and scholarly activities | Dedicated research facilities for faculty and mentored student research | |
| 1D: To support the reporting of research and scholarly activities | Faculty must publish or present scholarly findings in peer-reviewed, documentable ways that contribute to scientific knowledge | |
| Budgetary processes to support publication of peer-reviewed, original scientific content | ||
| GOAL 2 Promote and support student involvement in research and scholarly throughout medical school | 2A: To provide research and scholarly opportunities to medical students throughout the medical curriculum | Faculty-mentored student research opportunities (years 1-4) |
| Faculty support of student-driven research (years 1-4) | ||
| Mentored research rotations (years 3-4) | ||
| Research opportunities with residents (years 1-4) | ||
| Concurrent masters of science programs (medical education; biomedical sciences) | ||
| 2B: To provide students with curricular training in scientific literacy, responsible research conduct, developing a project, and presenting findings | Biostatistics course and integration | |
| CITI training for human subjects research | ||
| Scholar Series programs | ||
| 2C: To provide students with the opportunity to present their research findings | LECOM Interprofessional Research Day | |
| Competitive travel awards for students presenting research at national conferences |