MEDICAL STUDENT SCHOLARLY RESEARCH REQUIREMENT

Major Steps and Deadlines

Class of 2009

Research Requirements	Deadlines	Promotion Requirements
Select Mentor	June 23, 2006	n/a
Submit Research Proposal	January 3, 2007	Must submit proposal for promotion to Phase II.
Approval of Research Proposal	January 3, 2008	Must have proposal approved for promotion to Phase III.
Submit Scholarly Research Paper for Review	December 1, 2008	Must have final paper approved before graduation.
Research Presentation*	April, 2009	Must present research prior to graduation.

*Presentation – In order for your presentation to be applied as your research requirement, your PROPOSAL must be APPROVED prior to the time of presentation. The three most common opportunities for presentation with a University of New Mexico School of Medicine connection are:

1. The New Mexico Chapter of the American College of Physicians meeting, held in Albuquerque every year in November;

2. The Western Student Medical Research Forum in Carmel, California, held every year in January or February; or

3. The University of New Mexico School of Medicine’s Medical Student Research Day, usually held in mid-April at the SOM.