Reina Sofía and IMIBIC bring together more than 100 residents at their first research conference

The meeting takes place at the IMIBIC facilities under the motto "Researching during residency: opportunities and first steps". The conference is aimed at specialists in training, that is, those who are completing their residency at the hospital, and seeks for them to incorporate research into their professional activity from the earliest stages of specialized health training.

The program brings together researchers, clinical specialists and training managers to share experiences and offer practical tools. The sessions address how to transform the questions that arise in consultations, on-call shifts or daily patient care into scientific projects, and what resources exist to get started. Specialists Juan Luis Romero Cabrera and Cristian Rodelo-Haad spoke with presentations on the value of research during training and the first steps to design a study. Afterwards, a panel dedicated to IMIBIC presented its research lines and groups and the collaboration opportunities open to residents from different specialties. The conference also includes sessions on methodological, biostatistical and documentary support, guidance from tutors and ethics committees, and procedures for innovation, intellectual property and patents. In the afternoon, the program focuses on starting a doctoral thesis, the research and teaching career and career opportunities in biomedical research, with a practical session to contact research groups and join their projects.

According to the organizers, Reina Sofía currently has about 500 clinical trials, which expands patients' opportunities to access new therapeutic alternatives. The research activity of the hospital and IMIBIC is the framework in which this first conference is set. The managing director of the Reina Sofía University Hospital, Francisco Triviño, stated during the opening that "you residents are not only the future of the Reina Sofía Hospital. You are also a very important part of our present." The scientific director of IMIBIC, Pablo Pérez Martínez, and representatives of specialized training and research of the health complex also took part in the opening. The event is part of the activities organized on the occasion of the hospital's 50th anniversary.