BACKGROUND The Collaboration of Practitioners and Researchers Seminar Series is student-led program comprised of seminars delivered jointly by medical and graduate students on a topic in medicine of mutual interest to an audience of both medical and graduate students. METHODS Following its inaugural year in 2016-2017, we evaluated changes in attendees' perceived understanding of translational research through an electronic survey and semi-structured interviews with attendees. RESULTS Study participants rated their understanding of translational research and comfort with interacting with students from the other program higher following attending seminars. Participants believed that the seminars helped in breaking barriers between medical and graduate students. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that this seminar series positively impacted attendees' understanding of translational research and attitudes towards collaboration between medical and graduate students. We believe that similar initiatives may be of value in fostering new opportunities for collaboration between medical and graduate students at other institutions.

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通过合作学习提高医学教育过程中对研究的理解：从业人员与研究人员合作研讨会系列。

背景技术从业人员与研究人员合作研讨会系列是由学生主导的计划，包括医学和研究生共同举办的研讨会，主题是医学和研究生的听众共同感兴趣的医学主题。方法在2016年至2017年成立之初，我们通过电子调查和与参与者的半结构化访谈，评估了参与者对翻译研究的感知理解的变化。结果研究参加者在参加研讨会之后，对他们对转化研究的理解和与其他项目的学生互动的舒适度进行了评分。与会者认为，研讨会有助于打破医学生和研究生之间的障碍。结论我们得出结论，本系列研讨会对与会人员的积极影响 了解转化研究以及医学生和研究生之间的合作态度。我们认为，类似的举措可能在培育其他机构的医学生和研究生之间开展合作的新机会方面具有价值。