Student scientific activities at Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Martin--current state and its future.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to assess the history and the current state of Student Scientific Activities (SSA) at Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Martin (JFM CU) and outline its future heading.


METHODS
An anonymous questionnaire was used to ascertain the current involvement of students in SSA at JFM CU. The number and affiliation of students, participating at the annual Student Scientific Conference (SSC), to individual medicine fields were examined retrospectively.


RESULTS
After partial down-fall of SSA at JFM CU in 1990-1996, at annual SSC in 1997 nine papers were presented. The number of presenting students in the following years was: 7 students in 1998, 6 in 2000, 16 in 2001, 25 in 2002, and 35 in 2003 with proportional representation of pre-clinical and clinical departments. In SSA at JFM CU Slovak medical students are predominantly involved, while only few foreign students were interested in SSA (1997--2, 1998--1, 2002--1). Similar situation was observed in students of Nursing, where only seven students presented their research results (1997--1, 2000--1, 2003--5) in the history of SSC.


CONCLUSIONS
Results of the study showed that the number of students participating at annual SSC is increasing. Since the involvement of students as well as tutors in SSA is influenced by many factors, the main task in the future is to eliminate the negative and to promote the positive ones. (Tab. 4, Fig. 3, Ref. 11.)
Mokry
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Department of Pharmacology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin, Slovakia. mokry@jfmed.uniba.sk
Sevecova
D
D
Sulaj
M
M
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018154:Slovakia; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*