Deshpande Apurva Prashant, Ankola Anil V, Sankeshwari Roopali, Jalihal Sagar, Kabra Laxmi, Bhat Deepika V, Choudhury Abhra Roy
Department of Public Health Dentistry, KAHER's VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2022 Jun 30;11:211. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_967_21. eCollection 2022.
Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are increasingly becoming significant for sustainable growth of today's knowledge-based society. An inappropriate knowledge regarding IPR can fail to reserve rights for one's intellectual creation. Hence this study was planned with an aim to assess knowledge, awareness, and practices regarding intellectual property rights in India amongst the health-care professionals in Belagavi city.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the postgraduate students and faculty of six health-care professional institutions in Belagavi, Karnataka. A total of 724 responses were recorded using convenient sampling. Data was collected using self-administered validated questionnaire which included demographic details and total 20 questions pertaining to knowledge, awareness, and practices regarding IPR. Two-point Likert scale was used. Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U-test, and Chi-square test were applied.
A total of 724 responses were recorded, 411 from postgraduate students and 313 from faculty of 6 health-care professional institutions. It was observed that 24.3% and 39.3% of postgraduate students and faculty participants, respectively, had maximum knowledge while 35.5% of faculty and 27.5% of postgraduate students had maximum awareness regarding IPR in India. Only 17.6% and 10.2% of faculty and postgraduate students had previously attended workshops on IPR.
The present study identified that both faculty and postgraduate students of health-care profession have less knowledge and awareness regarding IPR. However, both knowledge and awareness regarding IPR were better among faculty when compared to postgraduate students. Thus, the academic community requires a higher level of sensitization and exposure to IPR in India.
知识产权对于当今知识型社会的可持续发展正变得越来越重要。对知识产权的不当认知可能导致无法为个人的智力创造保留权利。因此，本研究旨在评估印度贝拉加维市医疗保健专业人员对知识产权的知识、意识和实践情况。
在卡纳塔克邦贝拉加维市的六所医疗保健专业机构的研究生和教师中进行了一项描述性横断面研究。采用方便抽样记录了总共724份回复。使用自行填写的有效问卷收集数据，问卷包括人口统计学细节以及总共20个与知识产权知识、意识和实践相关的问题。采用两点李克特量表。应用描述性统计、曼-惠特尼U检验和卡方检验。
总共记录了724份回复，其中411份来自研究生，313份来自6所医疗保健专业机构的教师。观察到分别有24.3%的研究生和39.3%的教师参与者具有最多的知识，而35.5%的教师和27.5%的研究生对印度的知识产权具有最高的意识。只有17.6%的教师和10.2%的研究生此前参加过知识产权方面的研讨会。
本研究发现，医疗保健专业的教师和研究生对知识产权的知识和意识都较低。然而，与研究生相比，教师对知识产权的知识和意识更好。因此，印度的学术界需要更高程度地提高对知识产权的敏感度并增加相关接触。
