SOARinG to New Heights Through a Structured Medical Student Research Program

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Table 1 SOARinG Timeline

SOARinG Schedule	Date of Occurrence
Student Research Introduction during MS1 Orientation	July of MS1 year
MS2 Student Research Panel to share their research experiences with M1 Class	October of MS1 year
CV Preparation, Introduction to SOARinG Application, and Discussion of ERAS reportable research deliverables	November of MS1 year
MS1 students submit an intent to engage in summer research form	January of MS1 year
MS4 Student Panel to share their research experiences and how research played a role as they applied and interviewed for residency	February of MS1 year
SOARinG Application due	February of MS1 year
Discussion of Mentor-Mentee Agreement and Research Professionalism	March of MS1 year
Competitive Summer Stipend Application due	April of MS1 year
Mentor-Mentee agreements due	May of MS1 year
How to read and present a scientific paper	May of MS1 year
Summer research begins	End of May of MS1 year
Summer Journal Clubs led by students	June and July
Student meetings with research librarians	June and July
How to write a scientific abstract and prepare a research poster	June
Student Research Symposium	July

Figure 1 This timeline highlights the start to end of the SOARinG program including the application, mentor-mentee match, stipend disbursement, research and summer research activities and the summer symposium where students get to present their poster or oral presentations.

Figure 2 Student’s ratings of SOARinG Program in 2021 and 2022. At the conclusion of the summer, students in the program were asked to rate the quality of mentorship, their research project and their overall research experience using a Likert scale (62 total student responses).

Figure 3 Mentor’s ratings of the level of preparation of their students for the summer research activities. At the conclusion of the summer, mentors were asked to rate the student’s level of preparation for engaging in summer research on a Likert scale (39 total mentor responses).