German Medical Students' Association (bvmd e.V.), Robert-Koch-Platz 7, 10115, Berlin, Germany.
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
BMC Med Educ. 2018 Jun 19;18(1):146. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1257-4.
Scientific competencies are of great importance for physicians; not only for conducting reliable research, but also for patient care. However, there is growing concern that a lack of scientific competencies among physicians may lead to a deterioration in the quality on biomedical research. This study aims at assessing medical students' perspectives on the implementation of scientific competency training in German medical curricula.
An online survey was conducted in order to collect German medical students' opinions on the importance of acquiring scientific competencies during their medical studies and to provide us with an assessment of their current levels of basic scientific competencies by having them conduct a self-evaluation. Moreover, we wanted to understand their perceptions of current curricular content and to receive suggestions for improving scientific competency training. Participants were reached via the mailing lists of the German Medical Students' Association, as well as of local medical student committees, and the German Medical Students' Associations social media channel on Facebook.
In total, 2380 medical students from across all 37 German medical faculties participated in the survey. The majority of students agreed that the ability to critically evaluate the relevant literature is an important competency for physicians, and that every student should conduct a research project during their medical studies. However, the students evaluated their scientific competencies as unsatisfactory, especially with regard to statistics and scientific writing. They were strongly in favor of receiving extended research training.
Our study provides insight into German medical students' self-perception in relation to both patient care and biomedical research, and makes recommendations for potential improvements in scientific training. The study demonstrates that scientific competencies are of great importance to medical students in Germany. Students are not lacking motivation for scientific practice and have numerous ideas for enhancing scientific teaching opportunities. Scientific training should follow a holistic approach based on three pillars: (i) a scientific core curriculum, (ii) intracurricular research projects, and (iii) special research programs for students strongly interested in medical research.
科学能力对于医生来说非常重要；不仅对于进行可靠的研究，而且对于患者护理也是如此。然而，人们越来越担心医生缺乏科学能力可能会导致生物医学研究质量下降。本研究旨在评估德国医学课程中学生对实施科学能力培训的看法。
我们进行了一项在线调查，以收集德国医学生对在医学学习期间获得科学能力的重要性的看法，并通过自我评估来评估他们当前的基本科学能力水平。此外，我们希望了解他们对当前课程内容的看法，并收到有关改进科学能力培训的建议。通过德国医学生协会的邮件列表、当地医学生委员会以及德国医学生协会的 Facebook 社交媒体渠道联系到了参与者。
共有来自德国 37 所医学院校的 2380 名医学生参与了调查。大多数学生认为批判性评估相关文献的能力是医生的一项重要能力，并且每个学生都应该在医学学习期间进行研究项目。然而，学生们认为自己的科学能力不足，特别是在统计学和科学写作方面。他们非常支持接受扩展的研究培训。
我们的研究提供了有关德国医学生在患者护理和生物医学研究方面的自我认知的见解，并为科学培训的潜在改进提出了建议。该研究表明，科学能力对德国医学生非常重要。学生对科学实践的动机并不缺乏，并且有许多想法可以增强科学教学机会。科学培训应遵循基于三个支柱的整体方法：（i）科学核心课程，（ii）课程内研究项目，以及（iii）对医学研究有浓厚兴趣的学生的特殊研究计划。
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