title: Is there a place for medical students in research laboratories? A student's perspective.
abstract: Based on personal experience gained in two medical schools, one from a developed and one from a developing European country, I present a short discourse on the introduction of undergraduate medical students to research. The potential benefit of research for professional profile and overall competency building is emphasized and the possibility of counterbalancing the present crisis in academic medicine through undergraduate research is discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Heidelberg School of Medicine, Germany. bahghkho@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Simunovic
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D012106:Research / Q000193:education*; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013337:Students, Medical