Early Exposure of Medical Students to a Formal Research Program Promotes Successful Scholarship in a Multi-Campus Medical School.

IF 1.9 Q2 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES Medical Science Educator Pub Date : 2024-06-17 eCollection Date: 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1007/s40670-024-02098-6

Gloria M Conover, Mikayla B Monk, Selina Nigli, Avery Awalt

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Objectives: Many physicians today struggle to learn the complexities of the biological basis for evidence-based medicine. To bridge this gap, the Medical Scholar Research Pathway Program (MSRPP) founded in 2019 prepares medical students for analytical reasoning and critical thinking while engaging in faculty-mentored research projects in a community-based public medical school.

Methods: MSRPP is an application-based extracurricular research program, designed for novice and experienced medical students. Three distinct pathways offer ample opportunities for pre-clinical and clinical students to participate in research on a flexible schedule. The program director guides students in one-on-one coaching meetings to set achievable goals with their faculty mentor, and plan their research deliverables, considering their interests and residency plans.

Results: We report the implementation of a multi-year and multi-campus research training program for medical students across five campuses. Our results show that five class cohorts (2021-2025) of MSRPP students were twice as likely to seek formal research support than students not in the program. MSRPP students continuously growth their self-confidence to disseminate their research by practicing oral communication in monthly Launch talk research reports and bi-annual research conferences. Moreover, students report they learn technical communication skills and feel inspired to participate in research by interacting with invited faculty seminars. MSRPP students have a significantly higher scholarship output as compared to non-MSRPP students. Early indicators show that students that participate in formal research programs have a measurable difference for matching into competitive residencies.

Conclusions: MSRPP students report that they have gained research competencies and technical skills to establish a baseline to promote their future research engagement. This study provides other peer medical schools with strategies to create the infrastructure to support and promote medical student research.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-024-02098-6.

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在多校区医学院中，让医学生尽早接触正式研究项目可促进成功的学术研究。

目标：如今，许多医生都在努力学习循证医学的复杂生物学基础。为了弥补这一差距，2019 年成立的医学学者研究途径项目（MSRPP）在社区公立医学院参与教师指导的研究项目的同时，培养医学生的分析推理和批判性思维能力：MSRPP 是一项基于申请的课外研究计划，专为新手和经验丰富的医学生设计。三个不同的途径为临床前和临床医学专业的学生提供了充分的机会，让他们在灵活的时间安排下参与研究。项目主任在一对一指导会议上指导学生与导师一起制定可实现的目标，并根据学生的兴趣和住院医师计划规划他们的研究成果：我们报告了在五个校区为医科学生实施的多年期多校区研究培训计划。我们的结果表明，五个班级（2021-2025 年）的 MSRPP 学生寻求正式研究支持的可能性是未参加该计划学生的两倍。MSRPP的学生通过在每月的Launch talk研究报告和一年两次的研究会议中练习口语交流，不断增强他们传播研究成果的自信心。此外，学生们还表示，他们通过与特邀教师研讨会的互动，学习到了技术交流技能，并感受到了参与研究的灵感。与未参加 MSRPP 的学生相比，MSRPP 学生的奖学金产出明显较高。早期指标显示，参加正式研究项目的学生在竞争性住院实习的匹配上有明显差异：MSRPP的学生表示，他们已经获得了研究能力和技术技能，为今后参与研究奠定了基础。这项研究为其他同行医学院提供了创建基础设施以支持和促进医学生研究的策略：在线版本包含补充材料，可查阅 10.1007/s40670-024-02098-6。

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Medical Science Educator Social Sciences-Education

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2.90

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202

期刊介绍： Medical Science Educator is the successor of the journal JIAMSE. It is the peer-reviewed publication of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). The Journal offers all who teach in healthcare the most current information to succeed in their task by publishing scholarly activities, opinions, and resources in medical science education. Published articles focus on teaching the sciences fundamental to modern medicine and health, and include basic science education, clinical teaching, and the use of modern education technologies. The Journal provides the readership a better understanding of teaching and learning techniques in order to advance medical science education.