Involving students in real-world research: a pilot study for teaching public health and research skills

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Involving students in real-world research: a pilot study for teaching public health and research skills

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Abstract Background There is some evidence that medical students consider population health issues less important than other domains in the health sciences and attitudes to this field may become more negative as training progresses. A need to improve research skills among medical students has also been suggested. Therefore we piloted an integrative teaching exercise that combined teaching of research skills and public health, with real-world research. Methods Third year medical students at th...

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2009-07-01

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Wilson Nick / Howden-Chapman Philippa / Baker Michael G / Millar Elinor / Dickson Nigel

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BMC Medical Education

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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/9/45

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Special aspects of education

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