Medical research and students in Latin America

Medical student societies are playing an increasingly important part (table); these organisations have been grouped into associations at a national and regional level, and they lead different activities, such as national and international scientific congresses, where people can present their researc...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 382; no. 9904; p. 1553
Main Authors Alfaro-Toloza, Patricio, Olmos-de-Aguilera, Romina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 09.11.2013
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Biomedical Research - manpower
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Humans
Internal Medicine
Latin America
Medical research
Medical schools
Physicians
Students, Medical
Latin America
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Summary:Medical student societies are playing an increasingly important part (table); these organisations have been grouped into associations at a national and regional level, and they lead different activities, such as national and international scientific congresses, where people can present their research and discuss strategies to improve medical research.2 Interestingly, medical students have also developed their own publications (such as ANACEM in Chile; table).
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62324-7