Die Promotion in der Medizin ist besser als ihr Ruf

Pabst, Reinhard; Park, D.-H.; Paulmann, Volker

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1327241

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“…This gap suggests that a significant number of students do not feel that they gain sufficient scientific competencies during their doctorate. In contrast, other surveys conducted in Germany [26] have indicated that most students who have successfully submitted their thesis consider their work as beneficial and would recommend pursuing a doctorate to other students. Nevertheless, there are almost no published data on the fraction of students who have started but not completed their projects.…”

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The importance of scientific competencies in German medical curricula - the student perspective

2018

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BackgroundScientific competencies are of great importance for physicians; not only for conducting reliable research, but also for patient care. However, there is growing concern that a lack of scientific competencies among physicians may lead to a deterioration in the quality on biomedical research. This study aims at assessing medical students’ perspectives on the implementation of scientific competency training in German medical curricula.MethodsAn online survey was conducted in order to collect German medical students’ opinions on the importance of acquiring scientific competencies during their medical studies and to provide us with an assessment of their current levels of basic scientific competencies by having them conduct a self-evaluation. Moreover, we wanted to understand their perceptions of current curricular content and to receive suggestions for improving scientific competency training. Participants were reached via the mailing lists of the German Medical Students’ Association, as well as of local medical student committees, and the German Medical Students’ Associations social media channel on Facebook.ResultsIn total, 2380 medical students from across all 37 German medical faculties participated in the survey. The majority of students agreed that the ability to critically evaluate the relevant literature is an important competency for physicians, and that every student should conduct a research project during their medical studies. However, the students evaluated their scientific competencies as unsatisfactory, especially with regard to statistics and scientific writing. They were strongly in favor of receiving extended research training.ConclusionOur study provides insight into German medical students’ self-perception in relation to both patient care and biomedical research, and makes recommendations for potential improvements in scientific training. The study demonstrates that scientific competencies are of great importance to medical students in Germany. Students are not lacking motivation for scientific practice and have numerous ideas for enhancing scientific teaching opportunities. Scientific training should follow a holistic approach based on three pillars: (i) a scientific core curriculum, (ii) intracurricular research projects, and (iii) special research programs for students strongly interested in medical research.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12909-018-1257-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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The importance of scientific competencies in German medical curricula - the student perspective

2018

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“…Taking this into consideration, it should not come as a surprise that percentages as high as 34% (Cohen et al [38]) and 31% (Dyrbye et al [29]) of voluntary medical student research were reported to result in first-authored Medline-indexed publications. Weihrauch et al and Pabst et al, on the other hand, reported favorable results in terms of the personal and professional value of the German dissertation requirement [124,125]. …”

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Medical Student Research: An Integrated Mixed-Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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ImportanceDespite the rapidly declining number of physician-investigators, there is no consistent structure within medical education so far for involving medical students in research.ObjectiveTo conduct an integrated mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies about medical students' participation in research, and to evaluate the evidence in order to guide policy decision-making regarding this issue.Evidence ReviewWe followed the PRISMA statement guidelines during the preparation of this review and meta-analysis. We searched various databases as well as the bibliographies of the included studies between March 2012 and September 2013. We identified all relevant quantitative and qualitative studies assessing the effect of medical student participation in research, without restrictions regarding study design or publication date. Prespecified outcome-specific quality criteria were used to judge the admission of each quantitative outcome into the meta-analysis. Initial screening of titles and abstracts resulted in the retrieval of 256 articles for full-text assessment. Eventually, 79 articles were included in our study, including eight qualitative studies. An integrated approach was used to combine quantitative and qualitative studies into a single synthesis. Once all included studies were identified, a data-driven thematic analysis was performed.Findings and ConclusionsMedical student participation in research is associated with improved short- and long- term scientific productivity, more informed career choices and improved knowledge about-, interest in- and attitudes towards research. Financial worries, gender, having a higher degree (MSc or PhD) before matriculation and perceived competitiveness of the residency of choice are among the factors that affect the engagement of medical students in research and/or their scientific productivity. Intercalated BSc degrees, mandatory graduation theses and curricular research components may help in standardizing research education during medical school.

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“…The present questionnaire does not specifically ask for the PubMed-listing which could be a reason for the discrepant results. Beyond that Pabst et al recently showed that self-reported publications yield better results than an internet based survey [10]. …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, every doctor needs to learn how new findings are gained, which methods are used and how the quality of scientific publications can be assessed [8]. In addition, two recent publications show that the German medical dissertation is better than its reputation [9], [10]. Depending on whether the data were collected via online survey or voluntary disclosure, 52% and 62% respectively of the doctoral candidates publish their results in scientific journals and 25% even publish as first author.…”

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Dr. med. – obsolet? Eine Querschnittserhebung zur Wahrnehmung und Akzeptanz der medizinischen Doktorarbeit

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Eisenlöffel²,

Barann

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GMS Zeitschrift Für Medizinische Ausbildung; 31(3):Doc30; ISSN 1860-3572

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Die Promotion in der Medizin ist besser als ihr Ruf

Abstract: More data from other medical faculties are needed to document the relevance of the medical dissertation to replace the emotional by a more rational debate.

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

The importance of scientific competencies in German medical curricula - the student perspective

The importance of scientific competencies in German medical curricula - the student perspective

Medical Student Research: An Integrated Mixed-Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Dr. med. – obsolet? Eine Querschnittserhebung zur Wahrnehmung und Akzeptanz der medizinischen Doktorarbeit

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