Accepted Type
Oral
Code
OG1-3-3
Acceptance Declaration
Accept
Additional Information
I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Oral
Sub Type
Education Innovation
Will the presenter be a:
Other
Presenter Other
Research Director, Regional Medical Campus
Affiliation
Considered for Poster
yes
Title
Innovations to Extend Scholarly Activities to Medical Students at a Regional Medical Campus
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
According to CanMEDS, scholarly activity includes "contributing to the creation and dissemination of knowledge and practices applicable to health". Regional medical campuses are an established part of medical education and can promote scholarly activity in their environments. At McMaster University's Niagara Regional Campus (NRC), innovative approaches allow our 84 medical students and 450 faculty to learn about and engage in applied health research, quality improvement of health services and education research.
Summary of the Innovation
A steering committee facilitates participation of faculty and students in scholarly activities; it collects and summarizes data to support faculty and student scholarly activities; it nurtures research communities of practice; and it connects NRC to resources and individuals at other academic centres. Our research coordinator maintains a list of projects for trainees and faculty during the three-year MD Education Program. These approaches to recruiting, cataloguing and supporting projects began in 2019. In 2018, 2019 and 2020, 33, 60 and 53 projects were available to students, respectively. Projects were supervised by 9, 18 and 24 NRC faculty over each of the three years. In 2018, only 25% (7 of 28) of first year students were involved in projects. Whereas, 100% (28 of 28) and 73% (21 of 28) of first year students were involved in projects in 2019 and 2020, respectively. During 2019 and 2020, 24 peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts co-authored by students were published or are in press.
Conclusion
The NRC's innovative approaches can be a model for other regional medical campuses to advance scholarship and reflect local context.
Keyword 1
Scholarly activities
Keyword 2
education innovation
Keyword 3
regional campus
Level of Training
General
Abstract Themes
Distributed Medical Education
Additional Theme (First choice)
Undergraduate
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Leadership
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Faculty Development
Authors
Presenter
Larry W. Chambers
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
