Research opportunities for medical students

Opportunities for Medical Research

Scope of the Problem The field of transfusion medicine began 100 years ago, in 1900, with the discovery by Landsteiner of the ABO blood group system. This discovery demonstrated thatplasmaproteinshavedefined specificities.Theseplasmaproteins, later termedantibodies, recognizeepitopeson red blood cells. These discoveries constituted a starting point for blood banking—collection and storage of bl...

The Growing Opportunities for Medical Research.

CONTENTS The Growing Opportunities for Medical Research: DR. LEWELLYS F. BARKER ........................................... 449 The American Association for the Advancement of Science: The Trend of Thought in Physics: PROFESSOR W. F. G. SWANN ............. 452 The White Indians of the San Blas and Darien: DR. REGINALD G. HARRIS .................... ....................... 460 The James-Simpson-...

Biomedical research competencies for osteopathic medical students

BACKGROUND Without systematic exposure to biomedical research concepts or applications, osteopathic medical students may be generally under-prepared to efficiently consume and effectively apply research and evidence-based medicine information in patient care. The academic literature suggests that although medical residents are increasingly expected to conduct research in their post graduate tra...

Research Opportunities for College Undergraduates and High School Students

Medical School Ranking and Student Research Opportunities.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to characterize the current state of student research opportunities in a sample of US medical schools ranked in three different tiers. METHODS The authors examined the websites for five US medical schools in each of the first, second, and third tiers per National Institutes of Health funding and U.S. News & World Report rankings. Available research opportunities wer...