Medical students’ challenges and suggestions regarding research training: a synthesis of comments from a cross-sectional survey

Riva, John J.; Elsharawi, Radwa; Daza, Julian F; Toma, Augustin; Whyte, R. O.; Agarwal, Gina; Busse, Jason W.

doi:10.36834/cmej.52997

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“…La investigación permite al estudiante desarrollar el pensamiento crıtico y habilidades de evaluación, decidir una futura carrera relacionada a las ciencias básicas o la investigación clıńica, (10) Uno de los problemas es el tiempo de dedicación a la investigación ya que el plan de estudio no es �lexible, (13) lo que hace que el estudiante utilice el poco tiempo que le queda para realizar su tesis.…”

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Desafíos y oportunidades para el desarrollo de la investigación por parte de estudiantes de Odontología

2022

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Introducción: Independiente del número de estudiantes involucrados en la investigación, durante sus estudios universitarios, los desafıós para realizar investigación hacen que muy pocos escojan la carrera de investigador a futuro. Objetivo: Analizar los desafıós y oportunidades que perciben los estudiantes de Odontologıá al momento de desarrollar una investigación cientı�ica. Métodos: Estudio transversal que incluyóa 112 estudiantes tesistas que culminaron su trabajo de

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Desafíos y oportunidades para el desarrollo de la investigación por parte de estudiantes de Odontología

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“…Students performed relatively better in academic reading and writing, probably because the ve medical schools in this study all provided related compulsory courses. A Canadian study showed medical students' desire for a formalized research curriculum, centralized opportunities, and more help from experienced researchers [26]. Given the major obstacles and the special abilities these students are eager to improve, adjustments for the curriculum are essential and urgent.…”

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Current Status of Scientific Research Accomplishments of Senior Eight-year-program Medical Students in China: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Questionnaire-based Study

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Backgrounds: Among the distinct medical education systems in China, the eight-year program is an elite program dedicated to cultivating physician scientists. Although the research ability of senior students in eight-year medical programs is a pivotal quality, it remains unclear. This study aimed to clarify the current status and challenges of students’ research experience, abilities and outputs.Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted in five medical schools in northern China. Electronic questionnaires were sent to 235 randomly chosen fifth-grade or sixth-grade eight-year-program medical students. A total of 211 responses were collected and analyzed using SPSS 22.0.Results: Only 13.3% of participants chose research as their future career goal. Students generally felt that conducting research was stressful and difficult. The greatest obstacle was a lack of time due to heavy workloads. The two major motivations for research were graduation and future employment (75.8%) and research interest (24.2%). More than half of the students (142, 67.3%) had research experience by the time of the survey, among whom 84 students already had research outputs. A higher proportion of students with outputs was motivated by the requirements for graduation or employment compared to students without outputs (71.4% vs. 55.2%, P = 0.046).Conclusions: Senior eight-year-program medical students in China generally had high pressure to conduct research and devoted their efforts to overcome these challenges. More guidance and novel encouragement to enhance students’ initiative and interest in research could be provided by medical schools and educators in the future.

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“…Students performed relatively better in academic reading and writing, probably because the ve medical schools in this study all provided related compulsory courses. A Canadian study showed medical students' desire for a formalized research curriculum, centralized opportunities, and more help from experienced researchers [28]. Given the major obstacles and the special abilities these students are eager to improve, adjustments for the curriculum are essential and urgent.…”

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confidence: 99%

Current Status of Scientific Research Accomplishments of Senior Eight-year-program Medical Students in China: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Questionnaire-based Study

Wan

Liu

Zhu

et al. 2020

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Backgrounds: Among the distinct medical education systems in China, the eight-year program is an elite program dedicated to cultivating physician scientists. Although the research ability of senior students in eight-year medical programs is a pivotal quality, it remains unclear. This study aimed to clarify the current status and challenges of students’ research experience, abilities and outputs.Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted in five medical schools in northern China. Electronic questionnaires were sent to 235 randomly chosen fifth-grade or sixth-grade 8-year-program medical students. A total of 211 responses were collected and analyzed using SPSS 22.0.Results: Only 13.3% of participants chose research as their future career goal. Students generally felt that conducting research was stressful and difficult. The greatest obstacle was a lack of time due to heavy workloads. The two major motivations for research were graduation and future employment (75.8%) and research interest (24.2%). More than half of the students (142, 67.3%) had research experience by the time of the survey, among whom 84 students already had research outputs. A higher proportion of students with outputs was motivated by the requirements for graduation or employment compared to students without outputs (71.4% vs. 55.2%, P = 0.046).Conclusions: Senior 8-year-program medical students in China generally had high pressure to conduct research and devoted their efforts to overcome these challenges. More guidance and novel encouragement to enhance students’ initiative and interest in research could be provided by medical schools and educators in the future.

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Medical students’ challenges and suggestions regarding research training: a synthesis of comments from a cross-sectional survey

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

Desafíos y oportunidades para el desarrollo de la investigación por parte de estudiantes de Odontología

Desafíos y oportunidades para el desarrollo de la investigación por parte de estudiantes de Odontología

Current Status of Scientific Research Accomplishments of Senior Eight-year-program Medical Students in China: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Questionnaire-based Study

Current Status of Scientific Research Accomplishments of Senior Eight-year-program Medical Students in China: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Questionnaire-based Study

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