Perceptions and attitudes towards research amongst medical students at Shifa College of Medicine.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Meraj, Lubna Gul, Naheed Akhter, Ijaz Iram, Farreeha Khan, Abdus Salam
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	OBJECTIVE To understand medical students' perceptions and attitudes towards research to help facilitators design specific courses according to their needs. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted at Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan, from May to November 2013, and comprised undergraduate medical students. A pre-tested questionnaire was used for data collection. Students' response was recorded on a Likert scale from 'strongly disagree' 1 to 'strongly agree' 5. Analysis was done using statistical SPSS17. RESULTS Of the 195 students enrolled, 172(88%) responded. Overall, 78(45.3%) students said they were aware of research. Research was considered useful for their professional careers and relevant to their daily life by 133(65.7%) students, while 72(41.9%) did not consider it worthwhile to pursue research as a career. Besides, 71(41.3%) students enjoyed research, while 120(70%) perceived research as stressful and 107(62.2) complex. CONCLUSIONS Most students considered research valuable but at the same time they perceived it as stressful and complex.
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PubMed reference number	26819161
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	66
Issue Number	2
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.jpma.org.pk/PdfDownload/7614.pdf
Journal	JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article