Impact of Scholarly Project on students’ perception of research skills: A quasi-experimental study
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Published:2022-10-04
Issue:4
Volume:7
Page:50-58
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ISSN:2424-9335
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Container-title:The Asia Pacific Scholar
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language:
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Short-container-title:TAPS
Author:
Duc Nguyen Tran Minh, ,Viet Khuu Hoang,Lan Vuong Thi Ngoc, ,
Abstract
Introduction: The Scholarly Project provides medical students with an opportunity to conduct research on a health and health care topic of interest with faculty mentors. Despite the proven benefits of the Scholarly Project there has only been a gradual change to undergraduate medical education in Vietnam. In the academic year of 2020-2021, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMP) at Ho Chi Minh City launched the Scholarly Project as part of an innovative educational program. This study investigated the impact of the Scholarly Project on the research skills perception of participating undergraduate medical students. Methods: A questionnaire evaluating the perception of fourteen research skills was given to participants in the first week, at midterm, and after finishing the Scholarly Project; students assessed their level on each skill using a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (lowest score) to 5 (highest score). Results: There were statistically significant increases in scores for 11 skills after participation in the Scholarly Project. Of the remaining three skills, ‘Understanding the importance of “controls”’ and ‘Interpreting data’ skills showed a trend towards improvement while the ‘Statistically analyse data’ skill showed a downward trend. Conclusion: The Scholarly Project had a positive impact on each student’s perception of most research skills and should be integrated into the revamped undergraduate medical education program at UMP, with detailed instruction on targeted skills for choosing the optimal study design and follow-up assessment.
Publisher
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Subject
Health Professions (miscellaneous),Education,Reviews and References (medical),Medicine (miscellaneous)
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