First steps in the physician-scientist pipeline: a longitudinal study to examine the effects of an undergraduate extracurricular research programme.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Medicine is facing a physician-scientist shortage. By offering extracurricular research programmes (ERPs), the physician-scientist training pipeline could already start in undergraduate phases of medical training. However, previous studies into the effects of ERPs are mainly retrospective and lack baseline measurements and control groups. Therefore, the current study mimics a randomised controlled trial to examine the effects of an ERP.

Design

Prospective cohort study with baseline measurement and comparable control group.

Setting

One cohort of 315 medical undergraduates in one Dutch University Medical Center are surveyed yearly. To examine the effects of the ERP on academic achievement and motivational factors, regression analyses were used to compare ERP

SUBMITTER: Ommering BWC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438822 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature