Jayasundera Thiran, Fisk Michael, McGhee Charles N J
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2003 Aug;31(4):294-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2003.00678.x.
To determine the attitudes to research and research training among ophthalmologists and ophthalmology trainees in New Zealand.
A structured, self-administered questionnaire was devised and after preliminary validation a postal survey was sent to all ophthalmologists and ophthalmology registrars and fellows in New Zealand.
A total of 82 replies were received from 115 questionnaires sent out; a response rate of 71.3%. An overwhelming majority found research to have benefited their education, clinical practice and career; 67.1% of the respondents intended to do research in the future. Although a majority (56.4%) felt research to be beneficial to ophthalmology training, 42.3% felt research would be of limited or no benefit when selecting candidates for vocational training. However, 97.5% of respondents felt that ophthalmology trainees should undertake some form of research during training, with most supporting small studies or case reports (44.4%) or a short structured training course in research (42.0%). Interestingly, 86.6% felt that research methodology and data analysis should be taught in a structured fashion with most supporting courses or seminars of a few weeks duration during the vocational training period. Many ophthalmologists felt inadequately equipped or trained to mentor and supervise trainees undertaking research and 41.5% of consultant ophthalmologists felt further training to fulfil this role would be beneficial.
This survey suggests that New Zealand ophthalmologists generally approve of and support a place for research, possibly of a more structured design, during ophthalmology training.
确定新西兰眼科医生及眼科实习医生对研究及研究培训的态度。
设计了一份结构化的自填式问卷，在初步验证后，向新西兰所有眼科医生、眼科住院医生及研究员进行了邮寄调查。
共收到115份问卷中的82份回复，回复率为71.3%。绝大多数人认为研究对他们的教育、临床实践及职业发展有益；67.1%的受访者打算未来进行研究。虽然大多数人（56.4%）认为研究对眼科培训有益，但42.3%的人认为在选拔职业培训候选人时，研究的作用有限或没有益处。然而，97.5%的受访者认为眼科实习医生在培训期间应进行某种形式的研究，大多数人支持小型研究或病例报告（44.4%）或短期结构化研究培训课程（42.0%）。有趣的是，86.6%的人认为研究方法和数据分析应以结构化方式教授，大多数人支持在职业培训期间开展为期几周的课程或研讨会。许多眼科医生觉得自己在指导和监督进行研究的实习医生方面准备不足或缺乏培训，41.5%的眼科顾问医生认为接受进一步培训以履行这一职责将是有益的。
本次调查表明，新西兰眼科医生普遍认可并支持在眼科培训期间为研究留出一席之地，研究可能需要采用更结构化的设计。
