Processes and Outcomes from a Medical Student Research Training Program in Integrative, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine.

ABSTRACT: In response to the growing need to train a new generation of clinician scientists, a research program was developed to train medical students in integrative, complementary, and alternative medicine (ICAM) research early in their careers. A total of 25 students (100%) successfully completed a 10-week program. Students reported significantly increased levels of knowledge in all 7 integrative, complementary, and alternative medicine topics at the conclusion of the program. All students presented their work at one or more local research symposia. In addition, the average number of quality research outputs, which included manuscripts, awards, and abstracts presented at national and international meetings, was 1.5 per student, which exceeded benchmarks based on prior program outcomes. Results fr

SUBMITTER: Dicianno BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5026533 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature