The problem is escalating: Barriers faced by medical students in conducting research; A scoping literature review

• L. Winter Mokhwelepa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 201826851@myturf.ul.ac.za

  Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3380-1318

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• G. Olivia Sumbane,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa

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• Shisana Baloyi,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa

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• Samuel Risenga,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa

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• Tumisang Malete

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of internal medicine, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa

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