Mikhael Ehab Mudher, Al-Jumaili Ali Azeez, Jamal Mohammed Yawuz, Abdulazeez Zahraa Duraid
Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, College of Pharmacy, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
BMC Med Educ. 2025 Jan 13;25(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-06653-6.
Interdisciplinary collaboration among academic pharmacists is crucial for enhancing scientific research, discovering new drugs and modifying existing ones, besides solving pharmaceutical problems. This study aimed to explore the perception and experience of academic pharmacists regarding research collaboration.
A qualitative study through one-to-one face-to-face interviews with faculty members at the University of Baghdad/College of Pharmacy was conducted from May to July/2023. Purposive and convenience strategies were used to enroll study participants. Thematic-analysis approach was used to analyze the data.
Twenty-four faculty members were interviewed. Most participants were female with ≥ 10 years of academic experience. Five themes emerged from the obtained data. The first theme, entitled the collaborative research was conducted at three different levels: college, national, and to a lesser extent, international. The second theme was facilitators of collaborative research. This theme includes two subthemes the reasons behind research collaboration and the encouraging characteristics of the researcher. Seeking scientific and technical support were the main reported reasons behind domestic collaborations, while supervising postgraduate students was the main reason for international collaborations. The third theme was the barriers to collaborative research. The complicated-university laws, besides limited-resources & funds, were barriers to collaborative research. Academic workload was the main challenge for domestic collaborations, whereas poor professional-networking was the main challenge for international collaborations. Ethical challenge in collaborative research was the fourth study theme. The last theme was the recommendations to improve future research collaboration. In this regard, most participants recommended enhancing academics' research-skills, increasing research funding, and simplifying regulatory issues to improve collaborative research.
Research collaborations occur at the domestic and, to a limited extent, at the international level. Academic workload, shortage of resources, and complicated university regulations are the main challenges for research collaborations. Enhancing research-skills, increasing research funding, and simplifying university regulations can improve research collaborations.
除了解决药学问题外，学术药师之间的跨学科合作对于加强科学研究、发现新药和改进现有药物至关重要。本研究旨在探讨学术药师对研究合作的看法和经验。
2023年5月至7月，对巴格达大学药学院的教职员工进行了一对一的面对面访谈，开展了一项定性研究。采用立意抽样和便利抽样策略招募研究参与者。采用主题分析法对数据进行分析。
对24名教职员工进行了访谈。大多数参与者为女性，拥有≥10年的学术经验。从获得的数据中出现了五个主题。第一个主题是合作研究，在三个不同层面开展：学院层面、国家层面，国际层面的合作较少。第二个主题是合作研究的促进因素。该主题包括两个子主题，即研究合作背后的原因和研究者令人鼓舞的特质。寻求科学和技术支持是国内合作背后报告的主要原因，而指导研究生是国际合作的主要原因。第三个主题是合作研究的障碍。复杂的大学法规以及有限的资源和资金是合作研究的障碍。学术工作量是国内合作的主要挑战，而较差的专业网络是国际合作的主要挑战。合作研究中的伦理挑战是第四个研究主题。最后一个主题是对改善未来研究合作的建议。在这方面，大多数参与者建议提高学者的研究技能、增加研究资金并简化监管问题，以改善合作研究。
研究合作在国内开展，在国际层面也有一定程度的开展。学术工作量、资源短缺和复杂的大学法规是研究合作的主要挑战。提高研究技能、增加研究资金和简化大学法规可以改善研究合作。
