{"id":10,"date":"2024-10-29T18:25:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T18:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/medical-student-research\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:25:24","slug":"scholarly-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/medical-student-research\/scholarly-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarly Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-primary horizontal-navigation\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-primary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper has-horizontal-nav\">\n\n          <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n\n                  <div class=\"eyebrow-container\">\n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/medical-student-research\/medical-student-research\/\" >Medical Student Research<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n        \n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title has-stripe\">\n\n    \n      <h1>Scholarly Project<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n              <\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link eyebrow-link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n\n<a\n  class=\"link \"\n  href=\"https:\/\/www.keckmedicine.org\/find-a-doctor\/\"\n  target=\"_blank\"  >\n        Are You a Patient?\n    <\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n      \n              <div class=\"horizontal-nav\">\n                      <div class=\"horizontal-menu-container\">\n              <button class=\"expand-menu\">\n                                  In This Section\n                                <svg class=\"menu\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\"\n                  y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                  <path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#000\" d=\"M4,23h3v3H4V23z M4,16h3v3H4V16z M10,23\n                  h21v3H10V23z M10,16h21v3H10V16z M10,9h21v3H10V9z M4,9h3v3H4V9z\"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n\n                <svg class=\"close\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"\n                  viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                  <polygon fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" points=\"26,10.4 24.6,9 17.5,16.1 10.4,9 9,10.4 16.1,17.5\n                  9,24.6 10.4,26 17.5,18.9 24.6,26 26,24.6 18.9,17.5 \"\/>\n                <\/svg>\n              <\/button>\n\n              <nav\n  class=\"mc--menu mc--\"\n  >\n  <ul class=\"m--menu m--\">\n    \n    \n      <li class=\"has-submenu menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-19 menu-item-has-children\">\n      <div class=\"link-arrow-wrapper\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/medical-student-research\/new-to-research-start-here\/\" >New to\u00a0Research? 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style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students must document adequate work effort and sufficient contribution to any scholarly product to receive credit, even when working in groups.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scholarly projects must reflect adequate disciplinary rigor, i.e., there must be clear goals, adequate preparation, and evidence of the application of appropriate methods to ensure significant results.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Results must be communicated effectively to the intended audiences in the broader community, particularly by presenting at the KSOM Medical Student Research Forum (each student must present their own poster).<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Projects must begin after matriculation at Keck and be conducted under the guidance of a Keck-faculty mentor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW69018051 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69018051 BCX0\">Research must be performed after matriculation to the Keck School. We encourage students performing biomedical research to participate in rigorous hypothesis-driven research where possible. Most literature reviews and all case reports\/case-series are not acceptable formats for the Scholarly Project. A rigorously performed systematic review that adheres to PRISMA guidelines, has a clear research question, and is done with an experienced team preferably including a research librarian may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Scholarly Projects performed in the context of the Senior Seminars need to adhere to the domain-specific guidelines approved by the Medical Student Research Committee. Please contact Dr. Riddell or your Senior Seminar lead for specific criteria.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-ba655TFD2p\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-ba655TFD2p\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Can more than one person get credit for a poster?<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-ba655TFD2p\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-ba655TFD2p\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research teams often involve several students working on the same project. If more than one student wants to use the same study for their Scholarly Project requirement, they should produce their own abstracts that focus on different aspects of the study. While Medical Student Research Forum abstracts can have several students as authors, to get Scholarly Project credit each student must present their own poster (no group presentations).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-ba655TFD2p\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-ba655TFD2p\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Who can be a mentor?<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-ba655TFD2p\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-ba655TFD2p\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students should pursue their SP with a Keck faculty mentor. For work done with outside institutions, the student is responsible for finding a Keck faculty member who can vouch for their work, sign-off on their SP, and fill out the final evaluation of the student.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Residents and fellows cannot be the primary SP mentor. It must be a faculty member (MD, PhD, etc)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-ba655TFD2p\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-ba655TFD2p\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Do I need to do an entire project from scratch?<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-ba655TFD2p\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-ba655TFD2p\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You do not need to do an entire project from scratch. That would be a huge lift and we don\u2019t expect that. We expect most of you to jump on existing projects or start new projects that your mentors are planning and leading. It is difficult at this stage to develop your own research question and methods, so we expect almost everyone to rely heavily on your mentors for their expertise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You don\u2019t HAVE to do any one particular task (like data collection) but we hope that you can get a good sense for all the steps of the project. If you\u2019re joining later and are more involved with analysis and writing, that is ok as long as you understand the original research question, hypothesis, and methods. If you are more involved at the front end and less involved in data analysis and writing, that is ok too.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-ba655TFD2p\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-ba655TFD2p\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Can I just do data entry and nothing more?<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-ba655TFD2p\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-ba655TFD2p\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No. We want our students to be integral team members that contribute across the research project, not just logging or abstracting data. We don\u2019t want you to be taken advantage of just for data entry. While data entry is an important part of many research projects, and you should learn the skill, we also want to make sure you\u2019re attending lab meetings to fully understand the research question, hypothesis, methods, and analysis. We would also want you to help with writing the manuscript if the project gets to that point.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-ba655TFD2p\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-ba655TFD2p\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Do I have to be first author in a manuscript?<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-ba655TFD2p\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-ba655TFD2p\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You do not need to write a paper in its entirety. That would also be a huge ask. Even established researchers rely on their teams. Research is a team sport, so you are allowed to be a good team member and slot in any author position. It is not even a requirement that you have to publish a manuscript, though we hope that you do!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-6-ba655TFD2p\" aria-controls=\"section-1-6-ba655TFD2p\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">I already presented at a different conference, does that count?<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-6-ba655TFD2p\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-6-ba655TFD2p\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Presenting at conferences is a wonderful way to engage with the scientific community and grow as a researcher. 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