Initiating undergraduate medical students into communities of research practise: what do supervisors recommend?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Much has been written in the educational literature on the value of communities of practise in enhancing student learning. Here, we take the experience of senior undergraduate medical students involved in short-term research as a member of a team as a paradigm for learning in a community of practise. Based on feedback from experienced supervisors, we offer recommendations for initiating students into the research culture of their team. In so doing, we endeavour to create a bridge between theory and practise through disseminating advice on good supervisory practise, where the supervisor is perceived as an educator responsible for designing the research process to optimize student learning.

Methods

Using the questionnaire design tool SurveyMonkey and comprehensive l

SUBMITTER: MacDougall M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2998509 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature