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| Title |
Development of a web-based tool for undergraduate engagement in medical research; the ProjectPal experience
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Education, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12909-018-1272-5 |
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| Authors |
Timothy M. Rawson, Prasanthi Sivakumaran, Rhannon Lobo, Gheed Mahir, Adam Rossiter, Jeremy Levy, Alison H. McGregor, Martin Lupton, Graham Easton, Dipender Gill |
| Abstract |
We report the development and evaluation of a web-based tool designed to facilitate student extra-curricular engagement in medical research through project matching students with academic supervisors. UK based university students were surveyed to explore their perceptions of undergraduate research, barriers and facilitators to current engagement. Following this, an online web-based intervention ( www.ProjectPal.org ) was developed to support access of students to research projects and supervisors. A pilot intervention was undertaken across a London-based university in January 2013 to February 2016. In March 2016, anonymised data were extracted from the prospective data log for analysis of website engagement and usage. Supervisors were surveyed to evaluate the website and student outputs. Fifty-one students responded to the electronic survey. Twenty-four (47%) reported frustration at a perceived lack of opportunities to carry out extra-curricular academic projects. Major barriers to engaging in undergraduate research reported were difficulties in identifying suitable supervisors (33/51; 65%) and time pressures (36/51; 71%) associated with this. Students reported being opportunistic in their engagement with undergraduate research. Following implementation of the website, 438 students signed up to ProjectPal and the website was accessed 1357 times. Access increased on a yearly basis. Overall, 70 projects were advertised by 35 supervisors. There were 86 applications made by students for these projects. By February 2016, the 70 projects had generated 5 peer-review publications with a further 7 manuscripts under peer-review, 14 national presentations, and 1 national prize. The use of an online platform to promote undergraduate engagement with extra-curricular research appears to facilitate extra-curricular engagement with research. Further work to understand the impact compared to normal opportunistic practices in enhancing student engagement is now underway. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 8 | 62% |
| Brazil | 1 | 8% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 23% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 54% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 23% |
| Scientists | 3 | 23% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 71 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 71 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 14% |
| Researcher | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Professor | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 18% |
| Unknown | 22 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 24% |
| Psychology | 7 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 27 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 October 2018.
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#4,238,466
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#729
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#75,443
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#19
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