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24 - Undergraduate Research in Medicine

from Part III.2 - Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2022

By
Niharika Nath  and
Sara A. Myers
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

The discipline of medicine advances through research. The medical education community worldwide recognizes that the evolving field of medicine and its progress requires that medical students participate in research. Undergraduate research during premedical and/or medical studies influences the practice of clinical medicine and facilitates the development of physician-scientists. The essential nature of the discipline, the structures and length of medical education worldwide, and the opportunities for research activity are important to understand. Implementation programs that use a competency-based medical education approach find that research is important for meeting medical board competencies. Curricular and research participation barriers exist, but models that integrate research and provide mentored experiences within the academic and training environment can decrease these barriers. Further growth of research preparation in medicine and enhancement of competencies is possible through assessment and continuous quality improvement.

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undergraduate researchmedicinequality improvementcompetency-based medical educationpremedicalmentoringproblem-based learning
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The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research , pp. 241 - 249
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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