Promoting research and audit at medical school: Evaluating the educational impact of participation in a student-led national collaborative study Career choice, professional education and development

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chapman, Stephen J ^a   Glasbey, James C D ^b   Khatri, Chetan ^c   Kelly, Michael ^d   Nepogodiev, Dmitri ^e   Bhangu, Aneel ^f   Fitzgerald, J Edward F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f West Midlands Research Collaborative   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academia; Audit; Research; Surgery; Training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERCEPTION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930669970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0326-1     Document Type: Article

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