Knowledge, attitudes and practices around health research: the perspective of physicians-in-training in Pakistan

Abstract

Background: Health research training is an essential component of medical education and a vital exercise to help develop physician research skills. This study was carried out to assess the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards research amongst a group of Post Graduate Medical Trainees (PGMTs') at Aga Khan University (AKU), Pakistan.

Perceptions, attitudes, and practices towards research among resident physicians in training in Saudi Arabia

“…Published data about residents' attitudes toward research during training in a range of specialties suggest that not all residents are enthusiastic about doing research during residency and that some do not value research as a useful academic exercise [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. This is in contrast to our results, which indicated that the great majority of the participating residents were enthusiastic about research and believed that residents must participate in research.…”

“…Furthermore, 96.8% of ‫املتوسط‬ ‫لرشق‬ ‫الصحية‬ ‫املجلة‬ ‫العرشين‬ ‫املجلد‬ ‫الثاين‬ ‫العدد‬ those respondents believed that lack of time was a reason behind this. Other influences included lack of availability of mentors (72.7%) and funding (62.8%) [10]. In our study the main perceived barriers to conducing research by residents included lack of research training (93.2%), lack of allocated research time (89.5%), work-related stress (83.2%) and lack of supervisors (73.2%).…”

“…Research during residency may not only foster interest in an academic career but may also make residents more competitive for future fellowships, other academic positions and office-based research [10]. Research training in Saudi Arabia is currently being incorporated as part of medical school curricula and residency training programmes to build a base of competent physician scientists.…”

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices in Research among Postgraduate Students in Dental Schools of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

“…8,9 The questionnaire consisted of several parts. The first part pertained to a collection of demographic information of the PGs: Age, gender, specialty, year of postgraduation, and marital status.…”

Reducing prescribing errors through medical education

“…17 However, e-learning packages need to be reinforced by teaching from skilled practitioners, 18 in this case expert prescribers.…”