Assessment of early scientific research skills training for medical undergraduates in China

作者全名："Liu, Xueer; Chen, Huiyu; Liu, Xiaoying; Teng, Teng; Li, Xuemei; Zhu, Dan; Zhou, Xinyu"

作者地址："[Liu, Xueer; Chen, Huiyu; Liu, Xiaoying; Teng, Teng; Li, Xuemei; Zhou, Xinyu] Chongqing Med Univ, Dept Psychiat, Affiliated Hosp 1, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Chen, Huiyu] Chongqing Med Univ, Acad Pediat, Chongqing, Peoples R China; [Zhu, Dan] Chongqing Med Univ, Deans Off, Chongqing, Peoples R China"

通信作者："Zhou, XY (通讯作者)，Chongqing Med Univ, Dept Psychiat, Affiliated Hosp 1, Chongqing, Peoples R China.; Zhu, D (通讯作者)，Chongqing Med Univ, Deans Off, Chongqing, Peoples R China."

来源：BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION

ESI学科分类：BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

WOS号：WOS:001142804000001

JCR分区：Q3

影响因子：1.4

年份：2024

卷号：52

期号：2

开始页：210

结束页：219

文献类型：Article

关键词：physician-scientist; research skills; training; undergraduates

摘要："The medical field is facing a physician-scientist shortage, threatening future medical research and development. Medical institutions can contribute to developing physician-scientists by stimulating students' involvement in research. In this study, a medical undergraduate teaching module to develop research skills and encourage interest in research was held in Chongqing, China. Undergraduate medical students at Chongqing Medical University completed research skills training. Before and after the training, an online, anonymous, self-reported questionnaire was administered. The self-reported questionnaire investigated students' demographic characteristics, students' perception of attitudes toward conducting research, research skills (e.g., identifying and utilizing information, critical appraisal of literature, paper writing, and understanding of research), and feedback on scientific research training. The module was implemented with 25 students from July 2019 to October 2019, and 96.0% (N = 24) of participants responded to the questionnaire both prior to and after the training. In the evaluation of research skills, results showed that use of appropriate tools for research (Z = -3.340, p < 0.01), students' ability to undertake a focused literature search (Z = -3.40, p < 0.01), identifying and utilizing information (Z = -3.34, p < 0.01), and paper-writing skills (Z = -3.49, p < 0.01) were significantly improved after the undergraduates participated in the scientific research training. A qualitative analysis of the feedback showed that students found that the training helped to enhance their knowledge, improve their study scores, and motivate them to conduct research in the future. Early scientific research ability training strengthened the research skills of medical undergraduates and motivated them to pursue research."

基金机构：Chongqing Medical University; Chongqing Medical University (CQMU); Research Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

基金资助正文：The authors would like to acknowledge to all the volunteer undergraduates who helped for this study. The authors also would like to thank Dr. Yuqing Zhang for his valuable suggestion and the management of Chongqing Medical University (CQMU) and Research Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University to grant the approval of this study.