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ArticleMedical science educator2022

Are Medical Students Interested in Conducting Research? A Case Study on the Recruitment Outcome of an Elective Research Summer Opportunity.

Sarah Cuschieri

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Article in Medical science educator, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah CuschieriDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, RM425 Biomedical Building, Msida, 2080 MSD Malta.ORCID 0000-0003-2012-9234
University of Malta · MT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A pilot summer elective research opportunity was made available to medical students at the University of Malta. A call was sent out in June 2021. Interested students sent a short "intention to participate" email to the coordinator which was analysed. One in every twelve enrolled medical students applied. The commonest reason for participation was to gain research experience and knowledge, with a majority expressing no prior experience. Lack of research opportunities may be one of the barriers faced by students, resulting in the poor inclination to conduct research as undergraduates. Identifying specific barriers is recommended in order to provide a tangible research future. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-022-01645-3.

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MaltaMedical educationMedical researchMedical studentsResearch activitiesResearch priories

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PMID36213334
PMCPMC9528857
OpenAlexW4300860719

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