Research in Practice: Tools and Pathways for Breast Surgery Fellows
Research in PracticeTools and Pathways for Breast Surgery Fellows
For members in approved Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship Programs.
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This self-paced, online course introduces breast surgical oncology fellows to the foundational skills, strategies, and pathways needed to start and engage in meaningful research during fellowship and beyond. This course will remain accessible to members in the 2025–2026 fellowship cohort through July 27, 2026.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, fellows will be able to:
- Understand how to build a research program through participation in cooperative group trials
- Describe steps to writing successful funding application and research proposals
- Describe opportunities for research partnership with industry
- Understand methods to form successful partnerships with basic scientists
- Outline steps to design and open an investigator initiated clinical trial
- Describe research pathways in academic and community practice settings
- Identify opportunities for early research involvement
- Outline steps to develop high impact studies using outcomes data
- Understand how to incorporate patient reported outcomes into clinical research
- Apply foundational principles of study
Program Access
This program is limited to members in approved Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship Programs.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact bfu@breastsurgeons.org or call 877-992-5470.
Breast Fellows University (BFU) programs and services are made possible through generous support of sponsors: Agendia, AstraZeneca, Cardinal Health, Elucent Medical, Exact Sciences, Hologic, Kubtec, Lumicell, Mammotome, Merit Medical | Oncology, and Natera.
