title: The role of research in improving medical education and health care.
abstract: In the last decades, the role of research carried out in the universities, in the medical schools in particular, has been lessened. This was due to changes that occurred within the universities and to the development of several new institutions and organizations specifically devoted to scientific research. Therefore, it is stressed that research at the university level is an extremely important tool in medical education to train the students in view of their medical profession.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Padova.
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scandellari
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*