scholarly journals STAR-EM: An innovative summer research program for medical students

CJEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-522
Author(s):  
Steven Marc Friedman ◽  
Danielle Porplycia
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Training And Research ◽  
Summer Research Program ◽  
Research In Emergency Medicine

ABSTRACTWe describe a novel 10-week summer research program aimed at developing academic emergency medicine (EM) interest among medical students. A cohort of students was recruited to participate in the Summer Training and Research in Emergency Medicine (STAR-EM) program with the primary goal of completing and disseminating a scholarly project. Curriculum development and program evaluation were informed by Kern's model and Kirkpatrick's hierarchy, respectively. Students and faculty demonstrated interest in academic EM and research productivity during the curriculum. This program provides a model for other emergency departments seeking to foster the development of academic EM at their institution.

scholarly journals Abstract Supplement

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (39) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Nugent
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Home Page ◽  
First Year ◽  
Right Hand ◽  
The Right ◽  
Summer Research Program ◽  
First Year Medical Students

Editor’s note: Please see the abstract supplement on the right-hand side of the journal home page. This supplement includes abstracts created by first year medical students during the 2020 summer research program.

scholarly journals Summer research program for medical students

1984 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 708-13
Author(s):  
J P Kemph ◽  
J R Claybrook ◽  
W A Sodeman
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Summer Research Program

scholarly journals LO11: STAR-EM: An innovative summer research program for medical students in an urban Canadian academic emergency department

CJEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
pp. S10-S11
Author(s):  
S. Friedman ◽  
D. Porplycia ◽  
J. Lexchin ◽  
K. Hayman ◽  
S. Masood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Manuscript Preparation ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Small Group Teaching ◽  
Scholarly Output

Innovation Concept: Research training programs for students, especially in emergency medicine (EM), may be difficult to initiate due to lack of protected time, resources, and mentors (Chang Y, Ramnanan CJ. Academic Medicine 2015). We developed a ten-week summer program for medical students aimed at cultivating research skills through mentorship, clinical enrichment, and immersion in EM research culture through shadowing and project support. Methods: Five second year Ontario medical students were recruited to participate in the Summer Training and Research in Emergency Medicine (STAR-EM) program at University Health Network, Toronto, from June - Aug, 2019. Program design followed review of existing summer research programs and literature regarding challenges to EM research (McRae, Perry, Brehaut et al. CJEM 2018). The program had broad emergency physician (EP) engagement, with five EP research project mentors, and over ten EPs delivering academic sessions. Curriculum development was collaborative and iterative. All projects were approved by the hospital Research Ethics Board (REB). Curriculum, Tool or Material: Each weekly academic morning comprised small group teaching (topics including research methodology, manuscript preparation, health equity, quality improvement, and wellness), followed by EP-led group progress review of each student's project. Each student spent one half day per week in the emergency department (ED), shadowing an EP and identifying patients for recruitment for ongoing mentor-initiated ED research projects. Remaining time was spent on independent student project work. Presentation to faculty and program evaluation occurred in week 10. Scholarly output included one abstract submitted for publication per student. Program evaluation by students reflected a uniform impression that course material and mentorship were each excellent (100%, n = 5). Interest in pursuing academic EM as a career was identified by all students. Faculty researchers rated the program as very effective (80%, n = 4) or somewhat effective (20%, n = 1) in terms of enhancing productivity and scholarly output. Conclusion: The STAR-EM program provides a transferable model for other academic departments seeking to foster the development of future clinician investigators and enhance ED research culture. Program challenges included delays in REB approval for student projects and engaging recalcitrant staff to participate in research.

scholarly journals Medical student research at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: increasing research participation with a summer research program

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jannette Dufour ◽  
Ernestine Gregorcyk ◽  
Steven Berk
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
National Average ◽  
Student Research ◽  
Texas Tech University ◽  
Summer Research Program ◽  
Participation In Research

Background: Medical student participation in research is important to increase their understanding of clinical and biomedical research. In addition, it is becoming increasingly important for medical students to have research experience for acceptance into highly competitive residency programs. In 2009, 39.7% of medical students graduating from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine reported research participation. This was well below the national average of 58%, as reported in the 2009 Mission Management Tool (MMT). Therefore, our goal was to use a medical student summer research program to increase medical student participation in research to at least the national average.Methods: Data from the summer research program, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) MMT, and AAMC Graduate Questionnaire (GQ) were used to assess the success of the program from its initiation in 2010 until 2016.Results: For the summer of 2010, a student summer research program was created. Since that time the number of medical students participating in the program has increased from 18.5% in 2010 to 51.9% in 2016. Consistently there has been an increase in the percentage of students who, at graduation, report research participation from 55.1% in 2010 to 74.5% in 2016. This is above the national average of 74.1% as reported in the 2016 AAMC GQ.Conclusion: A medical student summer research program can increase student research particpiation.

scholarly journals LO12: ClerkCast: a novel online free open access emergency medicine curriculum for medical students

CJEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
pp. S11-S11
Author(s):  
B. Forestell ◽  
L. Beals ◽  
T. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Social Media Networks

Innovation Concept: Canadian medical students completing their Emergency Medicine (EM) clerkship rotations must develop approaches to undifferentiated patients. Increasingly used in postgraduate EM education, Open Educational Resources (OERs) are a convenient and flexible solution to meeting medical student educational needs on their EM rotation. We hoped to supplement Canadian medical student EM education through the development of ‘ClerkCast’, a novel OER and podcast-based curriculum on CanadiEM.org. Methods: We utilized the Kern Six Step approach to curriculum development for ‘ClerkCast’. A general needs assessment involved a review of available OERs and identified a lack of effective EM OERs specific for medical students. A specific online needs assessment was used to determine which EM topics required further education for medical students. The survey was shared directly with key Canadian medical student and undergraduate medical educator stakeholder groups, and distributed globally through the CanadiEM social media networks. Results of the needs assessment highlighted shared perceptions of educational needs for medical students, with an emphasis on increased need for education on critical care and common EM presentations. We used the topics determined to be highest priority for the development of our first ten episodes of ‘ClerkCast’. Curriculum, Tool or Material: Podcast episodes are released from CanadiEM biweekly. Episodes are 30 to 45 min in length, and focus on cognitive approaches to a common EM presentation for medical students. Content is anchored on medical student interactions with a staff or resident EM co-host. Podcasts are supplemented by infographics and blog posts highlighting the key points from each episode. Learners are also encouraged to interact with the content through review quizzes on a provided question bank. Quality assurance of the content is provided by physician co-hosts who review episode scripts both prior to recording. Post-production feedback is elicited via comments on the curriculum's host website, CanadiEM.org, and through direct email correspondence to the ClerkCast address. Conclusion: With an ever increasing number of OERs in EM and critical care, the systematic development of new resources is important to avoid redundancies in content and medium while also addressing unmet learner needs. We describe the successful use of the Kern Six Steps for curriculum development for the creation of our novel EM OER for Canadian medical students, ‘ClerkCast’.

scholarly journals Journal Supplement

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (24) ◽  
pp. 3-16
Author(s):  
J. Drew Payne
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Student Research ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Texas Tech University ◽  
Summer Research Program

Abstracts from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Summer Research Program from the Lubbock Campus presented at the Student Research Week in March 2018. The names in bold are the medical students who participated in this program in 2017. The author index starts after the last abstract (#26).

scholarly journals Graduates Perception towards Instructional Methods of Emergency Medicine: Affecting Their Self-confidence in Emergency Departments

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Mohamed D. Awadalla GISMALLA ◽  
Ahmed Abd Elrahman Abdalla ◽  
Sami Mahjoub Taha
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Instructional Methods ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Self Confidence

Teaching emergencies has the ability to provide medical students with animportant knowledge and skills. In this study, we assessed the perception of Faculty of medicine, University of Gezira graduates regarding instructional methods of emergenciesand their performance in emergency departments.

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