The Impact of a Scholarly Concentration Program on Student Interest in Career-Long Research: A Longitudinal Study

Wolfson, Rachel K.; Alberson, Kurt; McGinty, Michael; Schwanz, Korry; Dickins, Kirsten; Arora, Vineet M.

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“…We found that women placed significantly more importance on the development of a mentor relationship via the platform of the scholarly concentration programme than their male peers . In a separate study, we found that among students who entered medical school with high interest in career‐long research, women were more likely to graduate with enhanced interest compared to men . This is all very intriguing.…”

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“…We found similar results in our study of MD‐only students completing a scholarly project required for graduation. In our study, publication in medical school was associated with increased intent for career‐long research involvement measured between matriculation and graduation . It is important to highlight what completion of a research fellowship and publication represent to trainees: opportunities to build independence and scientific reputation.…”

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Wolfson¹,

Arora²

2018

Med Educ

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Wolfson¹,

Arora²

2018

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“…An ordinal logistic regression was used to test the association between interest change score, a peer-shared vs survey-shared video, and perception of entertainment [ 18 ]. Model 1 controlled for (1) whether the subject was an underrepresented minority in medicine (ie, Black, Pacific Islander, Native American), (2) gender, (3) baseline interest in clinical research, (4) baseline interest in a medical career, and (5) whether the recruiting friend was in the clinical or field research group.…”

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A Peer-Led Social Media Intervention to Improve Interest in Research Careers Among Urban Youth: Mixed Methods Study

Ogunleye¹,

Farnan²,

Martin³

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Background Novel methods to boost interest in scientific research careers among minority youth are largely unexplored. Social media offers a unique avenue toward influencing teen behavior and attitudes, and can therefore be utilized to stimulate interest in clinical research. Objective The aim of this study was to engage high-achieving minority youth enrolled in a science pipeline program to develop a targeted social media marketing campaign for boosting interest in clinical research careers among their peers. Methods Students enrolled in the Training Early Achievers for Careers in Health program conducted focus groups in their communities to inform themes that best promote clinical research. They then scripted, storyboarded, and filmed a short video to share on social media with a campaign hashtag. Additionally, each student enrolled peers from their social circle to be subjects of the study. Subjects were sent a Career Orientation Survey at baseline to assess preliminary interest in clinical research careers and again after the campaign to assess how they saw the video, their perceptions of the video, and interest in clinical research careers after watching the video. Subjects who did not see the video through the online campaign were invited to watch the video via a link on the postsurvey. Interest change scores were calculated using differences in Likert-scale responses to the question “how interested are you in a career in clinical research?” An ordinal logistic regression model was used to test the association between watching a peer-shared video, perception of entertainment, and interest change score controlling for underrepresented minorities in medicine status (Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander), gender, and baseline interest in medical or clinical research careers. Results From 2014 to 2017, 325 subjects were enrolled as part of 4 distinct campaigns: #WhereScienceMeetsReality, #RedefiningResearch, #DoYourResearch, and #LifeWithoutResearch. Over half (n=180) of the subjects watched the video via the campaign, 227/295 (76.9%) found the video entertaining, and 92/325 (28.3%) demonstrated baseline interest in clinical research. The ordinal logistic regression model showed that subjects who viewed the video from a peer (odds ratio [OR] 1.56, 95% CI 1.00-2.44, P=.05) or found the video entertaining (OR 1.36, 95% CI 1.01-1.82, P=.04) had greater odds of increasing interest in a clinical research career. Subjects with a higher baseline interest in medicine (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.28-1.87, P<.001) also had greater odds of increasing their interest in clinical research. Conclusions The spread of authentic and relevant peer-created messages via social media can increase interest in clinical research careers among diverse teens. Peer-driven social media campaigns should be explored as a way to effectively recruit minority youth into scientific research careers.

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“…There is evidence that the medical school SP also impacts residency placements (Areephanthu et al, 2015;Radville et al, 2019) and decisions to pursue a career in research (Segal et al, 1990;Wolfson et al, 2017).…”

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Components of the Required Scholarly Project for U.S. Allopathic Medical Schools

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Hartnett

Kaur

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Background: The medical student scholarly project (SP) promotes self-directed independent learning and engenders critical thinking skills. The SP also allows medical students to understand scientific methods and promotes life-long learning practices. More medical schools have adopted aspects of the SP into their curricula, and notably the SP approaches have varied widely from one school to the next. Several studies have carefully documented the SP options for specific medical schools, but no study to date has compared the curricular components of the various medical schools with required SPs. Methods: This study queried 156 allopathic medical schools based in the U. S. to identify the curricular components of the various SPs. Each SP was analyzed to determine: (1) if it was required or optional, (2) its duration and placement within the four-year curriculum, (3) the capstone requirement (e.g., thesis, manuscript, and/or poster), (4) if the research required a data-driven research question and hypothesis, (5) if there was a formal curriculum dedicated to the SP, and (6) a list of the program objectives.Results: Our research shows that of the 156 medical schools examined, 108 schools (69%) have an SP included in their curricula, and 62 of the 156 (39.7%) require an SP for graduation. Only 24 (15.4%) of the 156 medical schools queried have a required SP that must have a data-driven research question. Of the 24, we found that six medical schools have a required SP spanning all four years of medical school, with a research question/hypothesis-driven project and completion of a final written thesis or journal article style manuscript. Conclusion: Numerous studies have described successful models of the medical student SP. We summarize the curricular components of the six medical schools that have a required, spanning all four years of medical school with a research question/hypothesis driven project and completion of a final written thesis or journal article style manuscript. We also describe two additional schools with comparable SP requirements, however, one of these example schools does not require a final written product and the other school concentrates the SP in a five-month period toward the end of the medical school curriculum.

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The Impact of a Scholarly Concentration Program on Student Interest in Career-Long Research: A Longitudinal Study

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A Peer-Led Social Media Intervention to Improve Interest in Research Careers Among Urban Youth: Mixed Methods Study

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The Impact of a Scholarly Concentration Program on Student Interest in Career-Long Research: A Longitudinal Study

Cited by 33 publications

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The physician-scientist pipeline: return on investment

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A Peer-Led Social Media Intervention to Improve Interest in Research Careers Among Urban Youth: Mixed Methods Study

Components of the Required Scholarly Project for U.S.&nbsp;Allopathic Medical Schools

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