Medical Student Research: An Integrated Mixed-Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite the rapidly declining number of physician-investigators, there is no consistent structure within medical education so far for involving medical students in research.

Objective

To conduct an integrated mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies about medical students' participation in research, and to evaluate the evidence in order to guide policy decision-making regarding this issue.

Evidence review

We followed the PRISMA statement guidelines during the preparation of this review and meta-analysis. We searched various databases as well as the bibliographies of the included studies between March 2012 and September 2013. We identified all relevant quantitative and qualitative studies assessing the effect of medical student

SUBMITTER: Amgad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4472353 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature