Medical students are using popular research tool to pump out misleading studies
rndsignals
17 points
5 comments
June 25, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
OutOfHere
They're just generating observational hypotheses for future investigators to examine further and maybe test in a trial. It should be presented as an observational hypothesis.
fn-mote
My assumption is the credibility of a non-PhD-holding medical student’s research is 0, just like (almost) any other inexperienced researcher.
feverzsj
90% biomedicine papers are bullshit. These students are just practicing bullshit.