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The Student Forum Collection

This is a collection of all Student Forum essays published in PLoS Medicine:

Click Here to Read Student Forum ArticleHearing the Voice of Medical Students Worldwide
Palmer BA, Wong A, Singla M
The Student Forum, a new section of PLoS Medicine, is a space where medical students from across the world can exchange ideas about the critical issues affecting health and health care from their unique perspective.
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020099
ThumbnailLearning How Drug Companies Promote Medicines in Nepal
Giri BR, Shankar PR
An educational initiative looks critically at the drug industry's promotional tactics.
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020256
ThumbnailWhy Medical Students Are Crucial to the Future of Research in South Asia
Aslam F, Shakir M, Qayyum MA
One long-term strategy for promoting health research in developing countries is to target medical students early in their careers.
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020322
ThumbnailWhy Medical Students Should Be Trained in Disaster Management: Our Experience of the Kashmir Earthquake
Sabri AA, Qayyum MA
Two medical students say that they were unprepared for the task of treating casualties of the Kashmir earthquake, since they had not had any training in disaster management.
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030382
ThumbnailThe "PharmFree" Campaign: Educating Medical Students about Industry Influence
Moghimi Y
Moghimi discusses an American Medical Students Association campaign that educates students about the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on medical training.
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030030
ThumbnailImproving Access to Medicines in Poor Countries: The Role of Universities
Chokshi DA
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, a coalition of students and faculty across North America, focuses on how academic research institutions can help to improve access to essential medicines.
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030136
ThumbnailWhy Should Medical Students Care about Health Policy?
Gupta R
Gupta argues that medicine has become increasingly influenced by political, economic and social policies, and that medical students should become well-versed in these policies.
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030199

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