Self-Reported Research Experience: Does It Predict Performance in Medical School and Internship?

• In Event: Roundtable Session 33
  In Roundtable Session: Factors Affecting Success

Abstract

PURPOSE: To investigate the impact of self-reported research experience on medical students’ performance during medical school and into internship, controlling for undergraduate GPA and gender.
METHODS: We collected data from seven year groups and conducted multiple linear regressions to detect the influence of self-reported research experience on seven outcome measures.
RESULTS: Students who reported prior research experience performed significantly better on USMLE Step 1 and had a higher average medical school preclinical GPA but scored significantly lower on intern professionalism and expertise.
CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that prior research experience has a positive effect in the early stages of medical school training; the positive effect became weaker as the students progressed into the more senior phases of training.

Authors

• Ting Dong, The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Anthony R. Artino, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• William Gilliland, The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Donna Waechter, The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• David Cruess, The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Kent DeZee, The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Margaret Calloway, The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Steven J. Durning, The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences