The promotion of academic medicine through student-led initiatives
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Introduction The decline in numbers of medically trained doctors performing research in recent decades has been widely discussed in the literature. The importance of engaging medical students with research and inspiring them to pursue academic careers is recognized as key in reversing the decline. Many medical schools offer opportunities for research participation, either as elective or compulsory components. This has been shown to increase interest in research and academic careers. However, the primary focus of curricula is the production of safe clinicians and it can be a challenge to provide adequate exposure to all aspects of academic medicine within the medical school timetable. One multiinstitutional study found that while 83% of responding students felt that research participation is of educational value, only 31% felt there was adequate time set aside, 15% felt there was sufficient training in methodology and 25% believed that there was adequate training in critical appraisal. A number of extracurricular initiatives have been developed to provide additional exposure to aspects of academic medicine. Some of the most innovative and successful initiatives have been developed, and are led, by students. While student led initiatives are not a new phenomenon we believe that they have great potential to engage and inspire. Here, we discuss four of the most common student led approaches taken to promote academic medicine.
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