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Medical students’ interest in research: changing trends during university training

INTRODUCTION: Research is an important aspect of medical training and plays a vital role in the advancement of evidence-based medicine. However, little is known about medical students’ attitudes towards research. So, the aim of this study was to assess the opinion of medical students on scientific r...

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Autores principales: Sanabria-de la Torre, Raquel, Quiñones-Vico, María I., Ubago-Rodríguez, Ana, Buendía-Eisman, Agustín, Montero-Vílchez, Trinidad, Arias-Santiago, Salvador
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10620684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37928463
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1257574
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author Sanabria-de la Torre, Raquel
Quiñones-Vico, María I.
Ubago-Rodríguez, Ana
Buendía-Eisman, Agustín
Montero-Vílchez, Trinidad
Arias-Santiago, Salvador
author_facet Sanabria-de la Torre, Raquel
Quiñones-Vico, María I.
Ubago-Rodríguez, Ana
Buendía-Eisman, Agustín
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Arias-Santiago, Salvador
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description INTRODUCTION: Research is an important aspect of medical training and plays a vital role in the advancement of evidence-based medicine. However, little is known about medical students’ attitudes towards research. So, the aim of this study was to assess the opinion of medical students on scientific research. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was designed that included students from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Granada (UGR), Granada, Spain. A survey was distributed to assess their interest about research during undergraduate studies (1) and following graduation (2), participation in research activities (3), barriers towards research (4), expectation values and self-perceived skills (5). The opinions of students who had not taken clinical subjects (2nd year students) and students who had taken clinical subjects (4th and 6th year students) were compared. RESULTS: 91 students were included in the study (32 were 2nd year students and 59 were 4th and 6th year students). More 4th and 6th year students showed no interest in research (50.4% vs. 28.1%, p = 0.042) or in pursuing a doctoral thesis (75% vs. 50.9%, p = 0.079) than 2nd year students. In addition, more 4th and 6th year students felt that they did not have sufficient skills to engage in scientific research (52.4% vs. 18.9%, p = 0.002). Likewise a greater number of 4th and 6th year students considered that the professors did not encourage scientific research activities (74.6% vs. 40.6%, p = 0.002). Generally, students do not participate in scientific dissemination events. The main barriers to research identified were lack of funding and lack of awareness of opportunities. CONCLUSION: Interest in research among medical students seems to decrease as the academic years progress. More research promotion could be implemented during the years of university studies.
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spelling pubmed-106206842023-11-03 Medical students’ interest in research: changing trends during university training Sanabria-de la Torre, Raquel Quiñones-Vico, María I. Ubago-Rodríguez, Ana Buendía-Eisman, Agustín Montero-Vílchez, Trinidad Arias-Santiago, Salvador Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine INTRODUCTION: Research is an important aspect of medical training and plays a vital role in the advancement of evidence-based medicine. However, little is known about medical students’ attitudes towards research. So, the aim of this study was to assess the opinion of medical students on scientific research. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was designed that included students from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Granada (UGR), Granada, Spain. A survey was distributed to assess their interest about research during undergraduate studies (1) and following graduation (2), participation in research activities (3), barriers towards research (4), expectation values and self-perceived skills (5). The opinions of students who had not taken clinical subjects (2nd year students) and students who had taken clinical subjects (4th and 6th year students) were compared. RESULTS: 91 students were included in the study (32 were 2nd year students and 59 were 4th and 6th year students). More 4th and 6th year students showed no interest in research (50.4% vs. 28.1%, p = 0.042) or in pursuing a doctoral thesis (75% vs. 50.9%, p = 0.079) than 2nd year students. In addition, more 4th and 6th year students felt that they did not have sufficient skills to engage in scientific research (52.4% vs. 18.9%, p = 0.002). Likewise a greater number of 4th and 6th year students considered that the professors did not encourage scientific research activities (74.6% vs. 40.6%, p = 0.002). Generally, students do not participate in scientific dissemination events. The main barriers to research identified were lack of funding and lack of awareness of opportunities. CONCLUSION: Interest in research among medical students seems to decrease as the academic years progress. More research promotion could be implemented during the years of university studies. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10620684/ /pubmed/37928463 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1257574 Text en Copyright © 2023 Sanabria-de la Torre, Quiñones-Vico, Ubago-Rodríguez, Buendía-Eisman, Montero-Vílchez and Arias-Santiago. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Sanabria-de la Torre, Raquel
Quiñones-Vico, María I.
Ubago-Rodríguez, Ana
Buendía-Eisman, Agustín
Montero-Vílchez, Trinidad
Arias-Santiago, Salvador
Medical students’ interest in research: changing trends during university training
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10620684/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1257574
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