Medical student research electives: Stimulating a new generation of clinician-scientists

Mabvuure, Nigel Tapiwa; Hallam, Marc-James; Nduka, Charles

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2011.12.008

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“…difficulty in attaining a research supervisor was one of the barriers in research with only 44% of respondents agreeing that it was relatively easy to find a research mentor (15). Lack of support by the clinical surgeon in the field of plastic surgery was also reported (16). Teachers need strong commitment to mentor the under graduate research with proper time allocation and also it is important to reduce their workload, so they can be able to concentrate on more undergraduate research.…”

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Impact of Undergraduate Research “Special Study Module (SSM)” on Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Students and Alumni

Siraj¹,

Salam²,

Verasingam³

et al. 2016

EIMJ

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Introduction: Mastering the art of conducting a research along with the competitive era of publishing papers showed the importance of undergraduate research. The purpose of this research was to study the impact of undergraduate research "Special Study Module (SSM)" on Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) medical students and alumni. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional study whereby 64 fifth year UKM medical students of academic-session 2014/2015 and 49 alumni of year 2010 were participated on their SSM research activities. The questionnaire administered online which enquired on participants' level of interest, confidence and SSM research experiences. Frequency and percentage distribution were used for descriptive analysis. Result: Out of 119 participants, 113 responded giving a response rate of 95%. More than 90% respondents in both group felt that SSM experience was enriching and 80%-90% felt SSM experience was pleasant. In both groups 47%-50% respondents believed, SSM experience contributed their high level of interest on research. The most influencing factors on their level of interest were supervisor guidance as reported by 73%-80% respondents. It was said that SSM supervisor was academically stimulating, impressive as role model and supportive. The most confidence skill was the ability to function within a group and least confidence skill was manuscript writing. Conclusion: Undergraduate SSM research showed positive impact on participants' research activities. More in-depth analysis should be considered especially on manuscript writing as the students were least confident in this skill.

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Impact of Undergraduate Research “Special Study Module (SSM)” on Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Students and Alumni

Siraj¹,

Salam²,

Verasingam³

et al. 2016

EIMJ

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The race to residency: Publication practices of medical students interested in plastic surgery

Mabvuure

Hindocha

2014

International Journal of Surgery

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Patterns and trends of medical student research

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BackgroundOur study describes the change in the research output, trends and content of published research involving medical students over the last century.MethodsPubmed® and Scopus® were searched for keywords ‘Medical Student’ in the affiliation field. The search results were combined in Endnote® and duplicate entries removed and the multiple variables described below were assessed.ResultsThe combined searches after excluding duplicates yielded 416 results and 66 articles were excluded. There was an exponential increase in medical student research from 1980–2010. Medical student was the first author in 170 (48.6%) studies and 55 studies were authored by a single medical student. The 3 most common areas of research in descending order were Psychiatry (n = 26, 7.4%), General Medicine (n = 24, 6.9%) and Medical Education (n = 21, 6%). The commonest type of articles, in descending order were review articles (n = 48, 13.7%), Cross sectional studies (n = 47, 13.4%) and Case reports (n = 43, 12.3. The majority of these articles (n = 207, 59.1%) have never been cited subsequently. The trend of increasing number of articles was seen equally among all article types, fields and countries.ConclusionsThere is an exponential increase in articles by medical students but the majority of articles have not been cited. The numbers of medical student authors per publication have remained static while the total numbers of authors have increased. The proportions in the type of articles, fields of study and country of origin have largely remained static. Publishers and authors should strive to enhance the quality and quantity of data available in indexing services.

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Medical student research electives: Stimulating a new generation of clinician-scientists

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

Impact of Undergraduate Research “Special Study Module (SSM)” on Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Students and Alumni

Impact of Undergraduate Research “Special Study Module (SSM)” on Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Students and Alumni

The race to residency: Publication practices of medical students interested in plastic surgery

Patterns and trends of medical student research

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