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Review
. 2022 Jan 25:74:103280.
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103280. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Undergraduate research in medicine: A summary of the evidence on problems, solutions and outcomes

Laura Marcela Mass-Hernández  1 , Laura Marcela Acevedo-Aguilar  1 , Ivan David Lozada-Martínez  1   2 , Lucas Santiago Osorio-Agudelo  3 , Juan Gabriel Esteban Maria Maya-Betancourth  4 , Omar Andrés Paz-Echeverry  5 , Mario Javier Paz-Echeverry  5 , Harold Sebastian Castillo-Pastuzan  6 , Juan Carlos Rojas-Pimentel  7 , Sabrina Rahman  8
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Review

Undergraduate research in medicine: A summary of the evidence on problems, solutions and outcomes

Laura Marcela Mass-Hernández et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). .

Abstract

Scientific research plays a fundamental role in current medical practice and it is of great importance that medical students relate to it from the beginning of their professional career, since it generates multiple benefits that will be reflected during the course of their careers as university students and future professionals. However, getting involved in research during the undergraduate years is not always easy, as there are different obstacles and challenges that result in a reduced number of research students. Because of this, it is necessary to adopt appropriate strategies and measures to help facilitate this process, in order to foster the early development of essential skills that will facilitate responsible clinical practice. Knowing the evidence on this issue is fundamental to propose educational solutions depending on each context.

Keywords: Curriculum; Evidence-based medicine; Research; Undergraduate medical education.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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