Other Resources for CIP Trainees

• Grant development guides and tools from the UCalgary Grant Development Office (requires UCalgary login). Includes information on EDI and other CIHR guides.

• Knowledge Engagement toolkit was developed by the KE team to provide UCalgary researchers with tools and skills training necessary to assist them in evaluating their own work, generating data and reporting on the impact of their KE activities.

• CIHR - Methods for Prospectively and Retrospectively Incorporating Gender-Related Variables in Clinical Research

• Genderful Research World (GRW) is a platform made for supporting scientists in health who are looking for resources on how to integrate sex and gender into their own research.

• Resident Doctors of Canada
• Postgraduate Medical Education Office (PGME)
• Graduate Science Education Office (GSE)
• The Office of Health and Medical Education Scholarship
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons - CIP Content
• Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada (CITAC)
• Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation (CSCI)
• RCPSC - CIP 10 Year Review
• Student Aid Alberta - Apply online for full-time student aid / student loans

• The Writer’s Diet will highlight whether your writing is "flabby" or "toned"
• Hemingwayapp.com will highlight “phrases with simpler alternatives” in purple.

• RCPSC Special Training Requirements for the CIP 2015
• Science Forum: Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript
• Best Practices for Clinical Photography. The University of Calgary has partnered with the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) to develop best practice guidelines for clinical photo taking and sharing. 2018
• Mentee Missteps Tales From the Academic Trenches JAMA 2017
• 8 Ways To Create a Powerful Research Poster Scroll down to Video
• Mentorship Malpractice learn to recognize the signs. JAMA 2016
• It begins with the right supervisor: Importance of mentorship and clinician-investigator trainee satisfaction levels in Canada The authors of this paper have compiled practical advice on how a CI trainee may choose a research supervisor that suits their training goals. 
• Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty (2nd Edition)  Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Based on the BWF-HHMI Course in Scientific Management for the Beginning Academic  Investigator
• Resources for the Development of Early Career Scientists Various pdf books from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

• Careers for Clinician Investigators
• Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research
         Book        Video (7min)
• Data safety and monitoring boards
• Institutional Ethics Review of Clinical Study Agreements
• Monitoring and ensuring safety during clinical research
• On the determinants of academic success as a clinician scientist
• The making of a physician-scientist
• Understanding Conflicts of Interest
• Who wrote this paper any way
• The Art of Grantsmanship
• How Not to Kill a Grant Application
• The Role of NIH in Nurturing Clinician-Scientist

Don’t get scammed in scholarly publishing. Read about the increasing problem posed by predatory journals and conferences in UToday March 16, 2018 

• • Libraries and Cultural Resources has created an online resource to help campus scholars spot shady publishers.
  • Beall's List of Predatory Journals a list of potential predatory publishers created by librarian Jeffrey Beall. Note there is the original list as well as an Updated list.
  • Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ is an independent, community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

The the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) is increasingly being used by researchers at the UofC. ORCID is a registry of unique identifiers for researchers and scholars that is open, non-proprietary, transparent, mobile, and community-based. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier to distinguish researchers from their peers, automatically linking their professional activities.

orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097  (example ORCID record)

• Mackie Family History of Neuroscience Collection: Majority of this collection is housed in the History of Medicine Room in the Health Sciences Library at the Foothills Campus. This collection contains nearly 2,500 books and journal articles spans over 350 years in the development of neuroscience.
• Literary archives: Collections include manuscripts, notes, correspondence, photographs, and other working materials.
• Book collections: These include rare books and medieval texts, science fiction, poetry and comic books.
• Canadian Architectural Archives (CAA): This is the largest collection devoted to Canadian architecture.
• Chicksands and Military History Collections: It includes 50,000 books and historical writings ranging from the 1700s to the 1970s.
• EMI Music Canada Archive: The archive of an entire record label was donated by Universal Music Canada.

Glenbow Western Research Centre is located on the second floor of the Taylor Family Digital Library, the premiere collection that documents the history of western Canada.