Perceptions, barriers, and attitudes toward research among in-training physicians in Saudi Arabia: A multicenter survey
| Autor: | Abdullah Saeed AlGhamdi, Abdullah Alamri, Futoon Khaled Al-Otaibi, Farouk Tawfiq Alreshaid, Abdulelah Hassan Almansour, Rawan Abdulrahman Makhdom, Mohammed Saad Alaftan, Nouf Faihan Bin Rubaian, Mohammed Alshahrani, Ziyad Esam Himdy, Abdulaziz S. Al-Enazi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject education Saudi Arabia 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Patient care 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physicians Surveys and Questionnaires Perception Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine media_common Multidisciplinary business.industry Medical research Cross-Sectional Studies Attitude Family medicine Multicenter survey Female Positive attitude business |
| Zdroj: | Science Progress. 104:003685042110106 |
| ISSN: | 2047-7163 0036-8504 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00368504211010604 |
| Popis: | The outcomes of patient care are improved by adequate knowledge, practical skills, and positive attitude. Currently, there is a lack of data on medical research activities among resident doctors in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to evaluate the perception, barriers, and research attitudes among various residency programs running in different cities of Saudi Arabia. A total of 434 surgical and medical residents participated in the current study. A cross-sectional study encompassing multiple training centers in the eastern province of Saudi. Convenient sampling technique was used to include all the working training residents. A self-administered questionnaire was formulated for data collection. Descriptive statistics were employed to analyze the data. The mean age of the residents with various specialties was 27.83 ± 2.41 years. Approximately 61.7% had participated in research, while 38.3% had never participated in any research. A total of 26% of junior and 44% of senior residents have one publication only. While 11% of junior and 9% of senior residents have three publications or more. Inadequate facilities for research, lack of baseline research skills, and personal commitments were the reasons which over 60% of respondents had agreed on. Institutional reasons: lack of professional supervisor support and lack of research curriculum in the training program was reported by 308 (71%) and 305(70.3%) residents, respectively. A lack of interest for research was prevailed more in males (19%) compared to females (14%) (OR 1.43, 95% CI: 0.86–2.38, p-value 0.17). A subset of residents had one or three publications, while some had none. A lack of baseline research skills and inadequate facilities for scientific explorations, time, and funds were the main constraints among training residents. However, several residents had a positive attitude toward research but fewer publications. Thus, training in medical research methodology should be obligatory in the residency curriculum in all specialties. Further research is needed. |
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