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The Volunteers in Research programme: supporting COVID-19 research and improving medical training in parallel.
McKinnon, Tamsin; Watson, Alastair; Richards, Liam; Sears, Jackie; Brookes, Matthew J; Green, Christopher A.
  • McKinnon T; Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, UK.
  • Watson A; Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, UK, research assistant and publication manager, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK and NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, Southampton, UK.
  • Richards L; Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham, UK.
  • Sears J; NIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands, Wolverhampton, UK.
  • Brookes MJ; The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK and Research Institute in Healthcare Science (RIHS), Wolverhampton UK.
  • Green CA; Institute of Microbiology and Infection, Birmingham, UK, consultant in infectious diseases and general medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham, UK and NIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands, Wolverhampton, UK.
Clin Med (Lond) ; 21(3): 182-188, 2021 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1232692
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on society, global healthcare and daily life. The redeployment of research staff to patient-facing roles in the NHS left a depleted workforce to deliver critical urgent public health research (UPHR). We aimed to support UPHR studies and medical student training by developing and implementing a medical student Volunteers in Research programme. We further sought to gain insights about medical students' perceptions of this programme. We collected prospective data and conducted a retrospective survey as part of a service evaluation to assess the value of this clinical research experience to students, as well as motivators and barriers to taking part. The Volunteers in Research programme successfully supported UPHR studies during the COVID-19 pandemic. We generated important insights to help aid the wider implementation of this programme nationally to support essential research and medical student education.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Students, Medical / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Clin Med (Lond) Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Clinmed.2020-1072

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Students, Medical / COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Clin Med (Lond) Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Clinmed.2020-1072