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Student-Led Surgical Research Network: Enhancing Medical Student Research Opportunities, Ronika Devi Ukrani, Muhammad Musaab Munir, Areesh Bhatti, Shahryar Noordin

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The current paper was planned to describe a student-led surgical research network established by the Research Division of the Surgery Interest Group at the Aga Khan University, Karachi. The project involved the creation of a collaborative network to provide opportunities to medical students to work with faculty on research projects. Over 25 students were directly connected with faculty and research mentors to work on research projects in the surgical specialty of their choice. The initiative of establishing a student-led surgical research network was successfully implemented and provided medical students with novel research opportunities by helping bridge the gap between the …