[Involvement of medical students in research. Facilitators and constraints].
Investigación en pregrado de las escuelas de Medicina de Chile: percepción sobre facilitadores y limitantes entre los asistentes al III Congreso Chileno de Estudiantes de Medicina (CoCEM).
Journal
Revista medica de Chile
ISSN: 0717-6163
Titre abrégé: Rev Med Chil
Pays: Chile
ID NLM: 0404312
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
10
01
2021
accepted:
06
09
2021
entrez:
23
6
2022
pubmed:
24
6
2022
medline:
25
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Scientific research is fundamental to the education of medical students. However, their involvement in research is limited. To describe the perceptions of medical students about facilitators and constraints to perform undergraduate research. Medical students attending the Chilean Congress of Medical Students in the Metropolitan Region in 2018, were surveyed. The responses obtained were subjected to a qualitative content analysis and were grouped according to perceptions of facilitators and constraints. The main facilitators reported were linkage with research teachers, personal motivation towards research, and research-oriented curriculum. The main constraints were lack of time for research, lack of access to formal information channels to engage in research, and sub-optimal conditions for research. The main factor promoting research at the undergraduate level was the link with the teacher, mainly through informal channels. The lack of official information provided through formal instances and lack of time hampers the access to research.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Scientific research is fundamental to the education of medical students. However, their involvement in research is limited.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
To describe the perceptions of medical students about facilitators and constraints to perform undergraduate research.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
METHODS
Medical students attending the Chilean Congress of Medical Students in the Metropolitan Region in 2018, were surveyed. The responses obtained were subjected to a qualitative content analysis and were grouped according to perceptions of facilitators and constraints.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The main facilitators reported were linkage with research teachers, personal motivation towards research, and research-oriented curriculum. The main constraints were lack of time for research, lack of access to formal information channels to engage in research, and sub-optimal conditions for research.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The main factor promoting research at the undergraduate level was the link with the teacher, mainly through informal channels. The lack of official information provided through formal instances and lack of time hampers the access to research.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35735339
pii: S0034-98872021001201716
doi: 10.4067/s0034-98872021001201716
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
spa
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