References
- Abu-Zaid A, Alkattan K. 2013. Integration of scientific research training into undergraduate medical education: A reminder call. Med Educ Online 18:22832
- Abu-Zaid A, Alnajjar A. 2014. Female second-year undergraduate medical students' attitudes towards research at the College of Medicine, Alfaisal University: A Saudi Arabian perspective. Perspect Med Educ 3(1):50–55
- Abu-Zaid A, Altinawi B. 2014. Perceived barriers to physician-scientist careers among female undergraduate medical students at the College of Medicine—Alfaisal University: A Saudi Arabian perspective. Med Teach 36(Suppl 1):S3–S7
- Abu-Zaid A. 2014. Research skills: The neglected competency in tomorrow's 21st-century doctors. Perspect Med Educ 3(1):63–65
- Alamodi AA, Abu-Zaid A, Anwer LA, Khan TA, Shareef MA, Shamia AA, Nazmi SM, Alshammari AM, Rahmatullah H, Alsheikh AJ, et al. 2014. Undergraduate research: An innovative student-centered committee from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Med Teach 36(Suppl 1):S36–S42
- Al-Halabi B, Marwan Y, Hasan M, Alkhadhari S. 2014. Extracurricular research activities among senior medical students in Kuwait: Experiences, attitudes, and barriers. Adv Med Educ Pract 5:95–101
- Baig SA, Hasan SA, Ahmed SM, Ejaz K, Aziz S, Dohadhwala NA. 2013. Reasons behind the increase in research activities among medical students of Karachi, Pakistan, a low-income country. Educ Health (Abingdon) 26(2):117–121
- Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University. 1998. Reinventing undergraduate education: A blueprint for America’s research universities. Stony Brook: State University of New York
- Burgoyne LN, O’Flynn S, Boylan GB. 2010. Undergraduate medical research: The student perspective. Med Educ Online 15:5212
- Green M, Jones P, Thomas JX Jr. 2009. Selection criteria for residency: Results of a national program directors survey. Acad Med 84(3):362–367
- Jimmy R, Palatty PL, D'Silva P, Baliga MS, Singh A. 2013. Are medical students inclined to do research? J Clin Diagn Res 7(12):2892–2895
- Kassebaum DG, Szenas PL, Ruffin AL, Masters DR. 1995. The research career interests of graduating medical students. Acad Med 70(9):848–852
- Khan H, Khawaja MR, Waheed A, Rauf MA, Fatmi Z. 2006. Knowledge and attitudes about health research amongst a group of Pakistani medical students. BMC Med Educ 6:54
- Nikkar-Esfahani A, Jamjoom AA, Fitzgerald JE. 2012. Extracurricular participation in research and audit by medical students: Opportunities, obstacles, motivation and outcomes. Med Teach 34(5):e317–e324
- Oliveira CC, de Souza RC, Abe EH, Silva Moz LE, de Carvalho LR, Domingues MA. 2014. Undergraduate research in medical education: A descriptive study of students' views. BMC Med Educ 14:51
- Remes V, Helenius I, Sinisaari I. 2000. Research and medical students. Med Teach 22:164–167
- Salgueira A, Costa P, Gonçalves M, Magalhães E, Costa MJ. 2012. Individual characteristics and student’s engagement in scientific research: A cross-sectional study. BMC Med Educ 12:95
- Seymour E, Hunter AB, Laursen SL, DeAntoni T. 2004. Establishing the benefits of research experiences for undergraduates in the sciences: First findings from a three-year study. Sci Ed 88(4):493–534
- Shahab F, Ali MA, Hussain H. 2013. Involvement and barriers to research amongst students of khyber medical college. J Postgrad Med Inst 27(3):297–302
- Shareef MA, Dweik LM, Abudan Z, Gazal AM, Abu-Dawas RB, Chamseddin RA, Albali AH, Ali AA, Khan TA, Alamodi AA. 2015. Research-oriented series: A portal into the culture of biomedical research for junior medical students at Alfaisal University in Saudi Arabia. Adv Physiol Educ 39(1):32–38
- Siemens DR, Punnen S, Wong J, Kanji N. 2010. A survey on the attitudes towards research in medical school. BMC Med Educ 10:4
- World Federation for Medical Education (WFME). Global standards for quality improvement in basic medical education. [Accessed 10 October 2014]. Available from http://www.wfme.org/standards/bme