Riva John J, Elsharawi Radwa, Daza Julian, Toma Augustin, Whyte Robert, Agarwal Gina, Busse Jason W
Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.
Can Med Educ J. 2019 Jul 24;10(3):e91-e100. eCollection 2019 Jul.
We previously reported on a cross-sectional study of students from the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University that found most respondents wanted more opportunities to participate in research. Students provided additional comments that we synthesized to enrich the findings of our quantitative analysis.
From our previously administered 13-item, online questionnaire, run across three campuses in Ontario, Canada, 498 of 618 medical students completed our survey and 360 (72%) provided optional written comments, which we synthesized using thematic analysis in this current study.
Major themes that emerged were: (1) Active student participation to identify research opportunities and interested mentors are needed; (2) Types of research involvement; (3) Uncertainty whether research training translates into useable skills; (4) Desire for a formalized research curriculum and centralization of research opportunities across campuses.
Programs should stress to interested students the importance of actively looking for research opportunities and consider both large and small-group educational sessions.
我们之前报道了一项针对麦克马斯特大学迈克尔·G·德格罗特医学院学生的横断面研究，该研究发现大多数受访者希望有更多机会参与研究。学生们提供了更多评论，我们对这些评论进行了综合分析，以丰富定量分析的结果。
在加拿大安大略省的三个校区，我们对之前管理的一份包含13个项目的在线问卷进行了调查，618名医学生中有498名完成了我们的调查，其中360名（72%）提供了可选的书面评论，我们在本研究中使用主题分析法对这些评论进行了综合分析。
出现的主要主题有：（1）需要学生积极参与以识别研究机会并找到感兴趣的导师；（2）研究参与的类型；（3）不确定研究培训是否能转化为可用技能；（4）希望有一个正式的研究课程，并将研究机会在各校区集中化。
项目应向感兴趣的学生强调积极寻找研究机会的重要性，并考虑开展大型和小型的教育课程。
