Global Needs and Barriers for Medical Research Education: Initiatives to Solve the Physician-Scientist Shortage

Authors

  • Marc R. Schneider Medical University of Varna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6465-4367
  • Abdelrahman M. Makram School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, October 6 University Hospital, Giza, Egypt. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2011-8092
  • Esther Bassey University of Uyo, Nigeria. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9221-2219
  • Mihnea-Alexandru Găman Faculty of Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania & Department of Hematology, Centre of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Bucharest, Romania. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7133-8875
  • Ciara Egan Medical Student, Humanitas University, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy. Deputy Editor, IJMS. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6662-5167
  • Juan C. Puyana MD, FRCSC, FACS, FACCP. School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Critical Care Medicine, and Clinical Translational Science, Director for Global Health-Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Editorial Board Member, IJMS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4284-4693
  • Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar MD, MSc, PhD(c), Department of Ophtalmology; Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Fundación Somos Ciencia al Servicio de la Comunidad, Fundación SCISCO/Science to Serve the Community Foundation, SCISCO Foundation, Cali Colombia. Grupo de investigación en Visión y Salud Ocular, VISOC, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Editor in Chief, IJMS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0224-3482

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https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.2011

Keywords:

Medical student, Medical education, Research, Physician-Scientist, Barriers

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2023-03-31

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Schneider, M. R., Makram, A. M., Bassey, E., Găman, M.-A., Egan, C., Puyana, J. C., & Bonilla-Escobar, F. J. (2023). Global Needs and Barriers for Medical Research Education: Initiatives to Solve the Physician-Scientist Shortage. International Journal of Medical Students, 11(1), 9–12. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.2011

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