The impact of research intercalation during medical school on post-graduate career progression.

Autor: Sorial AK; Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK., Harrison-Holland M; Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK., Young HS; Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK. helen.s.young@manchester.ac.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC medical education [BMC Med Educ] 2021 Jan 08; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 39. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 08.
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-020-02478-7
Abstrakt: Background: Medical students at The University of Manchester have the option of research intercalation on the Master of Research programme. There is a paucity of evidence for the benefits of research intercalation. However, we hypothesised that research intercalation would accelerate post-graduate career progression and aimed to objectively measure the career enhancing impact, quantify the benefits and determine the alumni perception of research intercalation.
Methods: Data was collected retrospectively by electronic questionnaire (in 2018) from those commencing research intercalation between 2005 and 2012.
Results: Participants (n=52) returned questionnaires (68% response), demonstrating that the cohort had completed 67 postgraduate qualifications, published 304 manuscripts (median 3 publications per person (PP); range: 0-53) and made 430 presentations (median 7 PP; range: 0-37). Alumni had been awarded 49 research grants; funding disclosed on 43% totalled £823,000. Career progression of 73% of alumni had taken the minimum number of years; 27% took longer due to time spent working abroad or to gain additional experience prior to specialty training. Fifty-five publications and 71 presentations were directly related to MRes projects.
Conclusion: Research intercalation provides graduates with an opportunity to learn valuable transferrable skills, contribute to translational research, and objectively enhances medical career progression.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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