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25 - Undergraduate Research in Health Sciences

from Part III.2 - Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2022

By
Leann L. Laubach
Edited by
Harald A. Mieg ,
Elizabeth Ambos ,
Angela Brew ,
Dominique Galli  and
Judith Lehmann
Harald A. Mieg
Affiliation:
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Elizabeth Ambos
Affiliation:
Council on Undergraduate Research, Washington DC
Angela Brew
Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney
Dominique Galli
Affiliation:
Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis
Judith Lehmann
Affiliation:
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Summary

Although health science disciplines may implement an element of research in the curriculum, the primary focus has been on learning clinical practice and the creation of safe practitioners. Examples of best practice include early implementation of research in the undergraduate curriculum, scaffolding, and collaboration. In order to improve practices related to undergraduate research in the health sciences, it is important to address the needs and developments required. These needs include changing the perceptions of the value of undergraduate research for both students and faculty, finding ways to add undergraduate research to an already full and potentially overwhelming curriculum, addressing the institutional barriers that prevent undergraduate research from occurring, and reducing barriers related to faculty experience and time constraints.

Keywords

undergraduate researchhealth scienceearly implementationscaffoldingcollaborationchanging perceptionsinstitutional barriersfaculty barrierspractitioners as educators
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The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research , pp. 250 - 257
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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