Fostering the physician-scientist workforce: a prospective cohort study to investigate the effect of undergraduate medical students' motivation for research on actual research involvement.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The medical field is facing a physician-scientist shortage. Medical schools could contribute to developing physician-scientists by stimulating student involvement in research. Studies have examined motivation for research as a key parameter of success. However, previous studies did not investigate if students act on their self-reported motivation. The aim of this study is to examine if motivation for research of medical students is related to actual research involvement. Furthermore, this study distinguishes intrinsic (IM) and extrinsic motivation (EM) for research and aims to investigate if a type of motivation matters in the relation between research motivation and involvement.

Design and setting

Prospective cohort study in which students were surveyed at the st

SUBMITTER: Ommering BWC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661705 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature