- Research & Scholarship:
The WR2 Curriculum increases Case’s emphasis on research and scholarship and encourages students to explore the areas of basic science and clinical investigation as well as population research. The practice of medicine is becoming increasingly evidence and science-based, and research teaches students a way of thinking that makes them better doctors. The focus on research and scholarship provides medical students with opportunities to pursue individualized areas of interest in great depth. Through this 16-week, mentored experience in research and scholarship (which can be taken at any point from March of the second year onward), students acquire the intellectual tools needed to formulate research questions, critically assess scientific literature and continue the life-long pursuit of learning that is a critical aspect in the careers of all physicians and physician/scientists. The research project culminates in a thesis, which is written in the format of a manuscript for the leading journal in the particular area of interest.
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