Students in Birmingham have published projects for more than 10 years
Editor - Hanratty and Lawlor's enthusiasm for
students publishing their work evokes a sensation of déjà vu in
this department.1 For over 10 years our students have
undertaken project work in their third year, and we currently have a
list of nearly 40 peer reviewed publications that have resulted. Most
of these are papers rather than letters, but there are also oral and
poster presentations at conferences, and in one recent case the content
of a question in the House of Lords.
Publications by students include findings in relation to the following:
ethnicity, cot deaths and sleeping position; antioxidants and red wine;
communication between deaf patients and their general practitioners;
dietary fat purchase in different ethnic groups; views on donated
ovarian tissue; long term trends in risk of death or injury in railway
accidents; and so on.
We think that it is good for students to publish their work, and the
project work they do with this department is structured to facilitate
this. We are happy to provide full details of the above projects, or
the complete bibliography of publications our students have achieved,
on request. We are pleased that other medical schools have discovered
the benefits of what our students have been doing since at least 1989.
Tim Marshall, senior lecturer, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT
Email: t.marshall@bham.ac.uk
studentBMJ 2000;08:131-174 May ISSN 0966-6494
- Hanratty B, Lawlor D. Getting letters published in journals is good aim for medical students. BMJ1999;319:1198. (30 October.)
