Response to “Fostering a research culture in osteopathic medical education”
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Angela Ho
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Satvinder K. Guru
To the Editor,
We appreciate the comments and insight expressed in the letter by Kadavakollu et al [1]. The letter’s authors acknowledge the unique barriers osteopathic medical students encounter throughout their medical education [2] and expand on the challenges osteopathic medical schools have when addressing research opportunities and resources, specifically with regards to founding faculty and the ongoing pressures of medical curricula development. We would like to emphasize the letter’s authors’ proposed suggestions as they highlight reasonable areas of focus for osteopathic medical schools to address and make achievable advancements in their curriculum and overall institutional research culture.
We agree with the authors in the significance and importance of fostering a productive research culture through encouraging scholarly activities led by DOs, identifying and providing accessible research resources, and actively supporting all DO-led research [1]. The establishment of a productive research culture would include investigators being open to student participation across a variety of specialties, allowing students to obtain the experience and skills to further promote their active involvement in research throughout their professional careers. Increased engagement with students early in their career, regarding research, will eventually expand into more osteopathic physician publications, a diverse range of research topics, research mentors, and ultimately a greater impact in the medical community from osteopathic physicians and the osteopathic philosophy. We understand changing medical education and institutional culture is a long-term process, but small changes can make a significant difference and establish a foundation for more substantial improvements, including the suggestion of increased social media or other web platform engagement by institutions with osteopathic medical student research projects, papers, and poster presentations. The increased awareness and recognition of osteopathic physician and osteopathic medical student research has the potential for establishing a collaborative network of like-minded individuals, fostering an environment for innovation, and cultivating an enduring passion for lifelong learning of evidence-based medicine.
Again, we appreciate the authors’ enthusiasm, insight, and overall suggestions regarding the reduction of barriers to osteopathic medical student research. We are optimistic the osteopathic community and COMs will conduct further research on the issue and strive to make advancements for the benefit of both present and future osteopathic medical students in the realm of research opportunities.
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Research ethics: Not applicable.
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Informed consent: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: None declared.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: Not applicable.
References
1. Kadavakollu, S, Dang, T, Richards, S. Fostering a research culture in osteopathic medical education. J Osteopath Med 2024;124:465–467. https://doi.org/10.1515/jom-2023-0072.Suche in Google Scholar PubMed
2. Ho, A, Auerbach, A, Faulkner, JJ, Guru, SK, Lee, A, Manna, D. Barriers to research opportunities among osteopathic medical students. J Osteopath Med 2023;123:187–94. https://doi.org/10.1515/jom-2022-0116.Suche in Google Scholar PubMed
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