Participation of Medical Students in Health Research: Local and International Experiences
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Medical Students’ role in health research is of great importance. It is trending worldwide that medical students learn and apply research skills early during their undergraduate studies. The objectives of this article are to explore the students research activities in national and international medical schools, and to postulate some actions to effectively enhance students’ participation in research. In this review article, research conduction by medical students at some local and international studies were being surveyed; along with methods medical schools (including Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University) are using to improve the medical students’ involvement in research. Many studies have proved effectiveness of specific approaches for enhancing students’ research. There were still many actions to be taken by the medical schools which are willing to improve their students’ participation in research. Depending on this review we suggest that efforts, finance and time should be appropriately invested to promote and early student’s involvement in research. Integrating the research further in the curriculum, promoting the extracurricular research activities, providence of research protected time for students and the establishment of a student medical research unit is all recommended. Keywords: Medical Students, Research, Saudi Arabia, International, Medical schools.
Authors and Affiliations
Yasmeen Zaki, Basem Eldeek, Nasra Ayuob, Safwan Altayeb, Reda Jamjoom
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