Research

The Department of Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center stresses the importance of research as a vital component to medical training. The department has been highly successful in producing new academicians and increasing medical knowledge through research as evidenced by recent presentations by residents at meetings such as: The Society of General Internal Medicine, The Infectious Disease Society of America and The American Society of Hematology.

Many of the full-time faculty members enjoy national reputations for their research, and are actively engaged in funded research projects.

The medical resident who is interested in scholarly activity will be able to select from a number of experienced faculty members who will provide necessary mentoring and supervision. Residents are encouraged to learn about ongoing research activities in the various subspecialty areas and to become active participants in these research programs. Many residents spend part or all of their elective rotations in research activities. Computers throughout the hospital have internet access to Up-To-Date Pub Med and other online resources.

The Dr. Victor Parsonnet
Memorial Library at
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Services of the Dr. Victor Parsonnet Memorial Library at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center include:

Medical textbooks and over 200 journals;
Audio and videotapes;
Indexes to medical, hospital, nursing and allied health literature in book form;
Computerized OVID search system from the Saint Barnabas Medical Center Library as well as a direct line to the National Library of Medicine databases through the Grateful Med program;
Physicians On-Line;
Fully-equipped computer room;
Literature searches and training in either medical literature index books or the OVID computer system. Any and all books or articles from the literature search can be copied in our library or obtained from another library through interlibrary loan;
Copy machine, fax machine, video recorder and monitor, and a typewriter.