Al Saeed Ali A, AlEnezi Saad H, Aljindan Mohanna, Alwadani Fahad, Al Owaifeer Adi Mohammed
Collage of Medicine, King Faisal University, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Clin Ophthalmol. 2022 Feb 3;16:265-272. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S348647. eCollection 2022.
Research sets the foundation for evidence-based practice in medicine. Globally resident doctors in various specialties are facing major obstacles to accomplish high quality research projects. Understanding these obstacles may help residents achieve their maximum research potential. This current study was undertaken to document the experience, attitude, and perceived barriers toward research among Saudi ophthalmology residents.
A specific questionnaire was developed and validated for the purpose of this study. The questionnaire was distributed online via email to actively enrolled residents in all five ophthalmology training programs in Saudi Arabia.
Out of a total number of 193 ophthalmology residents in all five training programs, 147 responded to the questionnaire yielding a 76.1% response rate the mean age of participants was 27.6 ±1.8 and the number of males and females was almost equal. The vast majority [96.4%] have worked on at least one research project before starting residency training. Involvement was mainly in the phases of concept and design [72.5%], proposal preparation [85.9%], the three most frequent obstacles to conducting research projects for trainees were burden of other activities [4.27], lack of protected time for research [4.11] and too many regulations in obtaining ethical approval [3.67].
Our current study shows that ophthalmology residents understand the importance of clinical research, but they are facing a considerable number of barriers toward accomplishing high-quality research projects. Findings of our study may help program directors to address these barriers and improve the incorporation of research along with clinical training in residency curricula.
研究为医学循证实践奠定基础。在全球范围内，各专业的住院医生在完成高质量研究项目时面临重大障碍。了解这些障碍可能有助于住院医生发挥其最大研究潜力。本研究旨在记录沙特眼科住院医生在研究方面的经历、态度和感知到的障碍。
为本研究专门设计并验证了一份问卷。该问卷通过电子邮件在线分发给沙特阿拉伯所有五个眼科培训项目中积极注册的住院医生。
在所有五个培训项目的193名眼科住院医生中，147人回复了问卷，回复率为76.1%。参与者的平均年龄为27.6±1.8岁，男性和女性数量几乎相等。绝大多数[96.4%]在开始住院医师培训之前至少参与过一个研究项目。参与主要集中在概念和设计阶段[72.5%]、提案准备阶段[85.9%]。对于学员来说，开展研究项目的三个最常见障碍是其他活动负担[4.27]、缺乏研究的受保护时间[4.11]以及获得伦理批准的规定过多[3.67]。
我们目前的研究表明，眼科住院医生理解临床研究的重要性，但他们在完成高质量研究项目方面面临相当多的障碍。我们研究的结果可能有助于项目主任解决这些障碍，并在住院医师课程中更好地将研究与临床培训相结合。
