The accreditation standards of the Canadian Hospital Pharmacy Residency Board (CHPRB) require that pharmacy residents conduct and complete a project related to pharmacy practice.1 Residents must be involved in the development of the project and in die collection, analysis, and interpretation of die data. In addition, the project report must be prepared in a format suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and presented as a poster by the residents.1 Residency projects are an important part of residents' training, as they offer a unique opportunity to learn and apply die basics of research methodology, demonstrate project management skills, and contribute to the biomedical literature. Gaining such research skills is also valued by practising pharmacists. In a recent survey of Canadian hospital pharmacists practising in critical care, 97.2% of respondents believed that involvement of critical care pharmacists in research was desirable, and many (80.4%) expressed interest in becoming more involved in research.
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