ArticleBMC medical education2021
The impact of research intercalation during medical school on post-graduate career progression.
Article in BMC medical education, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Understanding medical students' intercalation decisions to preserve the clinical academic pipeline: a mixed-method survey.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Association of completing an intercalated year-long research degree with post-graduation academic success.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Students' and educators' perceptions of clinical academic pathways in the UK: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- A Pilot Project to Promote Research Competency in Medical Students Through Journal Clubs: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR medical education · 2024Article
- Medical Students' Perceptions of Clinical and Research Training: An International Needs Assessment of 26 Countries.International journal of translational medical research and public health · 2023Article
- Impact of the increase in tuition fees and demographic factors on medical student intercalation rates between 2006 and 2020.Future healthcare journal · 2023Article
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- Undergraduate research in medicine: A summary of the evidence on problems, solutions and outcomes.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundMedical students at The University of Manchester have the option of research intercalation on the Master of Research programme. There is a paucity of evidence for the benefits of research intercalation. However, we hypothesised that research intercalation would accelerate post-graduate career progression and aimed to objectively measure the career enhancing impact, quantify the benefits and determine the alumni perception of research intercalation.
methodsData was collected retrospectively by electronic questionnaire (in 2018) from those commencing research intercalation between 2005 and 2012.
resultsParticipants (n=52) returned questionnaires (68% response), demonstrating that the cohort had completed 67 postgraduate qualifications, published 304 manuscripts (median 3 publications per person (PP); range: 0-53) and made 430 presentations (median 7 PP; range: 0-37). Alumni had been awarded 49 research grants; funding disclosed on 43% totalled £823,000. Career progression of 73% of alumni had taken the minimum number of years; 27% took longer due to time spent working abroad or to gain additional experience prior to specialty training. Fifty-five publications and 71 presentations were directly related to MRes projects.
conclusionResearch intercalation provides graduates with an opportunity to learn valuable transferrable skills, contribute to translational research, and objectively enhances medical career progression.
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