ISSN: 2157-7013
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Punit Kaur
Tanzania
Research Article
An International Summer Biomedical Research Program for Undergraduate
Medical Students
Author(s): Ahmed Abu- Zaid, Muhammad Lucman Anwer, Fatimah A Alghamdi, Ranim A Chamseddin, Sarah R Qureshi, Asma M Al Najjar, Solomon S Senok, Khaled M Alkattan, Punit Kaur and Alexzander AA Asea
Ahmed Abu- Zaid, Muhammad Lucman Anwer, Fatimah A Alghamdi, Ranim A Chamseddin, Sarah R Qureshi, Asma M Al Najjar, Solomon S Senok, Khaled M Alkattan, Punit Kaur and Alexzander AA Asea
Purpose: The declining physician-scientist number is alarming. Therefore, this study is designed to establish early exposure to undergraduate research interest in science careers and generates physician-scientist workforces.
Materials and methods: In this paper, we report the experience and student’s perceptions of an innovative summer research program and examine how it could influence students’ interest in research careers.
Results: During the summer of 2012, fourteen undergraduate medical students from Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, attended a month-long summer biomedical research program at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine in Temple, Texas, USA. The program was designed to expose students to four domains: 1) an intensive basic science research experience, 2) extrao.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2157-7013.1000259