Scientific Conferences for Medical Students: Why do We Need more Spaces for Students to Enhance Research?

Authors

  • Amy Phelan Medical Student, University College Dublin, Ireland. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3349-5458
  • Prakash Gupta MD, Virgen Milagrosa University Foundation College of Medicine, Philippines. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1267-3769
  • Mihnea-Alexandru Găman MD, PhD(c), Faculty of Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine andPharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania & Department of Hematology, Center of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, 022328 Bucharest, Romania. Scientific Editor, IJMS. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7133-8875
  • Juan C. Puyana MD, FACS, 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.
  • 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 investigaciónen Visión y Salud Ocular, VISOC, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. Editor in Chief, IJMS. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0224-3482

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.2274

Keywords:

Medical student, Conference, Congress, Meeting, Oral presentation, Abstracts, Medical education, Research, Medical research, Physician-scientists, MBBS, MD, MD-PhD, MD student, DO student, DO, MBBS student, MD-MSc student, MD-PhD student, Editorial, Opinion, Medicine

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2023-09-29

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Phelan, A., Gupta, P., Găman, M.-A., Puyana, J. C., & Bonilla-Escobar, F. J. (2023). Scientific Conferences for Medical Students: Why do We Need more Spaces for Students to Enhance Research?. International Journal of Medical Students, 11(3), 166–170. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2023.2274

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