Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Front Public Health. 2021 Aug 20;9:706778. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.706778. eCollection 2021.
Medical research is a systematic method to obtain new knowledge, reduce diagnosis problems, discover the latest or best treatment for a disease, and also used for disease prevention. The study aims to assess the challenges and barriers to conduct medical research among medical and dentistry students and determine the reasons that hinder the conduct of the study. In this cross-sectional study, the research population consisted of medical and dental students affiliated with King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia in 2020. The study followed a descriptive approach based on quantitative analysis. The Statistical Package of the Social Sciences (SPSS) program (V. 16.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) was used for data analysis. A total of 327 students participated in this study, and the response rate was 100%. Among them, 61.5% were females. In this study majority (63.3%) had a moderate attitude toward conducting medical research and the average was 56.17. The majority (53.8%) had a reasonable behavior toward conducting medical research, and the average was 29.06. Lack of time, skills, funding, facilities, and limited access to medical journals and related databases were the significant barriers found. Most of the students had positive attitudes, except that they are not awarded on their research, do not attend the sessions, and do not speak their thoughts. A significant relationship between demographic characteristics (age, level, and Grade Percentage Average), attitudes & perceived barriers toward research was found (<0.05). The majority of the students demonstrated a positive attitude toward and moderate behavior of research. However, most are not awarded on their research, do not attend the sessions, and do not speak their thoughts. Intensive training and adequate support in research activities of medical and dental students at the undergraduate level may help reduce these challenges and barriers toward research.
医学研究是一种系统的方法，可以获得新知识，减少诊断问题，发现最新或最佳的疾病治疗方法，也用于疾病预防。该研究旨在评估医学生和牙科学学生进行医学研究的挑战和障碍，并确定阻碍研究进行的原因。在这项横断面研究中，研究人群包括 2020 年沙特阿拉伯卡利德国王大学的医学和牙科学生。该研究采用基于定量分析的描述性方法。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）程序（V. 16.0，SPSS Inc.，芝加哥，IL，美国）进行数据分析。共有 327 名学生参加了这项研究，响应率为 100%。其中，61.5%是女性。在这项研究中，大多数（63.3%）对进行医学研究的态度是中等的，平均得分为 56.17。大多数（53.8%）对进行医学研究的行为是合理的，平均得分为 29.06。发现缺乏时间、技能、资金、设施以及有限的机会获得医学期刊和相关数据库是主要障碍。大多数学生的态度是积极的，但他们的研究没有得到奖励，不参加会议，也不发表意见。发现人口统计学特征（年龄、水平和平均成绩百分比）、对研究的态度和感知障碍之间存在显著关系（<0.05）。大多数学生对研究表现出积极的态度和中等的行为。然而，大多数学生的研究没有得到奖励，不参加会议，也不发表意见。在本科阶段对医学生和牙科学学生进行研究活动的强化培训和充分支持，可能有助于减少这些研究挑战和障碍。
