Is there a place for medical students in research laboratories? A student's perspective

Abstract

Based on personal experience gained in two medical schools, one from a developed and one from a developing European country, I present a short discourse on the introduction of undergraduate medical students to research. The potential benefit of research for professional profile and overall competency building is emphasized and the possibility of counterbalancing the present crisis in academic medicine through undergraduate research is discussed.

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Filip Simunovic

FILIP SIMUNOVIC is a fifth year medical student from Heidelberg, Germany, who has been working in basic research for almost two years.