Completion Requirements

Students must submit the final project deliverables for a Medical Scholars Research project:

1. within 6 months of your last quarter of MedScholars funding
2. always 4 weeks prior to graduation (see note below)
   
3. always prior to beginning another MedScholars Research project
4. before "N" grades are updated by our office
   
5. submitted via MEP - MedScholars

Completion includes:

1. An oral presentation of the results of the project must be made after your last quarter of MedScholars funding. It is recommended that students present at the annual Stanford Medical Student Research Symposium. A presentation at a local, regional, national, or an international meeting also fulfills this requirement. See Student Presentation Opportunity List for conferences/meetings where past students have presented their research.  

    If you have insufficient results and cannot present at any of the above, you must contact medscholars@stanford.edufor more information on how to meet this requirement.

   You must acknowledge any scheduled presentations will not interfere with any of your required coursework (i.e. exams, labs, rotations, etc.).

    

2. The final report  should be submitted online in manuscript format (hypothesis, methods, results, bibliography) with emphasis on the results. The electronic file need not be extensive and may take the form of a progress report if time does not allow for the completion of the project and if the advisor deems that substantial work has been completed. If the work is being published, a paper can be the final report if the student made significant contributions to the paper.

   If you are not the first author listed on the paper, please contact medscholars@stanford.edu for more information on how to meet this requirement.
   
   

3. The mentor summary letter uploaded by mentor via MEP - MedScholars. 

   Write a short summary letter upon completion of the student's project, commenting on the student’s performance, and his/her outlook as a future physician.

    

   If you are graduating within the 6 month window, deliverables will be due 4 weeks prior to graduation (ex: if graduation is June 12, MedScholars completion is due May 15).