The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery

The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery

Training and Recruitment of Volunteer Junior Medical Researchers: the Experiences of an Innovative Fast-Track Internship Program

Document Type : LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Authors
Sepehr Metanat
Mohammad Hossein Nabian
Center for Orthopedic Trans-Disciplinary Applied Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
10.22038/abjs.2023.70267.3305
Abstract
Research depends on talented people with bright ideas more than anything else. Preserving the turnover of skilled and fresh researchers can help a research center move toward its goals more strongly. We have recently organized an innovative event, titled "Proposal School," to address this issue. It was an incubator and accelerator for students and post-graduates interested in orthopedic research. This first-coming two-month program included high-standard theoretical education, practical tutoring to help create an actual proposal, faculty supervision, and blinded faculty reviews. During this program, we hosted 94 junior researchers from 25 universities across the country; 22 hours of educational content were provided to 88 people; and 45 junior researchers developed 18 proposals, of which 11 were accepted and recruited for grants. In this article, we will share our experiences with our colleagues as a source of inspiration for their future plans.
Keywords
Junior
Volunteer
Medical researcher
Training
event
Proposal
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The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery
Volume 11, Issue 7
July 2023
Pages 481-484

  • Receive Date 14 February 2023
  • Revise Date 01 July 2023
  • Accept Date 16 March 2023