Self-Directed Student Scholarly Project

Catalog description

During COM 623, students will assemble in groups to reinforce teamwork and development of collaborative skills. The Scholarly Project will allow students to hone their analytical and investigative skills by participating in an active scholarly project under a faculty mentor to produce usable data sets, public presentations, and abstracts suitable for publication. The requirements for the project will be explained to students during the Orientation as well as periodic lectures as well as a Research Mixer with faculty. Students are encouraged to find an area of interest that they wish to pursue further and to identify faculty and other students that have similar research/scholarly interests. The following are examples of broader categories that are suitable for a scholarly project: • Translational Research • Clinical Research • Basic Research • Global Health • Medical Education • Epidemiology • Public and Environmental Health • History of Medicine The students will choose their project…