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Scoping Review: Research Training During Medical School
Heather Murray1,2, Jennifer Payandeh3, Melanie Walker1
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Abstract:
Fostering skills in research is important for medical schools. This scoping review examined undergraduate curricular structures devoted to research training and their outcomes. For the sixty papers meeting inclusion criteria, descriptive statistics and a thematic analysis were conducted. Forty (67%) articles described US programs, with 30 (50%) being mandatory. Timing of research training was variable across included studies with the majority (58%) describing embedded longitudinal curricula. Reported benefits included enhanced knowledge, improved research and writing skills, clarity around career plans, and mentoring relationships. There are many curricular structures for undergraduate research training, but no high-quality evidence to support particular designs.
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