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Barriers Experienced by Medical Students in Conducting Research at Undergraduate Level
Introduction Undergraduate medical research is very important not only for scientific learning but also for career progress. However, there are barriers, especially in developing countries, that restrict undergraduate research. This study aims to evaluate the barriers experienced by medical students...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6561510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31205838 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4452 |
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author | Kumar, Jai Memon, Aurangzeb Kumar, Ankeet Kumari, Raj Kumar, Besham Fareed, Sundus |
author_facet | Kumar, Jai Memon, Aurangzeb Kumar, Ankeet Kumari, Raj Kumar, Besham Fareed, Sundus |
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description | Introduction Undergraduate medical research is very important not only for scientific learning but also for career progress. However, there are barriers, especially in developing countries, that restrict undergraduate research. This study aims to evaluate the barriers experienced by medical students in conducting research at undergraduate level. Methods It was an observational, cross-sectional survey conducted with 687 clinical students of two public medical universities of Pakistan. A self-structured questionnaire consisting of seven items was administered to assess the barriers in conducting research at undergraduate level. Data was processed and analysed through SPSS v 22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Results Lack of knowledge as a barrier was identified by 90.68% (n = 623) students. The second most common barrier identified by the students was lack of time (88.79%; n = 610), followed by lack of mentoring as the third most common barrier (85.74%; n = 572). Sub-group analysis showed that lack of knowledge, lack of mentoring, limited data base access, lack of time, and lack of finances were more crucial barriers for female gender (p < 0.05). Only lack of interest was a crucial barrier for male gender (p < 0.05). Conclusion A number of barriers need to be addressed in order to enhance students’ participation in clinical research such as lack of interest, funding, and poor availability of research mentors and access to scientific databases to improve participation in clinical research. Substantial amendments in the medical undergraduate curriculum are needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-65615102019-06-14 Barriers Experienced by Medical Students in Conducting Research at Undergraduate Level Kumar, Jai Memon, Aurangzeb Kumar, Ankeet Kumari, Raj Kumar, Besham Fareed, Sundus Cureus Medical Education Introduction Undergraduate medical research is very important not only for scientific learning but also for career progress. However, there are barriers, especially in developing countries, that restrict undergraduate research. This study aims to evaluate the barriers experienced by medical students in conducting research at undergraduate level. Methods It was an observational, cross-sectional survey conducted with 687 clinical students of two public medical universities of Pakistan. A self-structured questionnaire consisting of seven items was administered to assess the barriers in conducting research at undergraduate level. Data was processed and analysed through SPSS v 22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Results Lack of knowledge as a barrier was identified by 90.68% (n = 623) students. The second most common barrier identified by the students was lack of time (88.79%; n = 610), followed by lack of mentoring as the third most common barrier (85.74%; n = 572). Sub-group analysis showed that lack of knowledge, lack of mentoring, limited data base access, lack of time, and lack of finances were more crucial barriers for female gender (p < 0.05). Only lack of interest was a crucial barrier for male gender (p < 0.05). Conclusion A number of barriers need to be addressed in order to enhance students’ participation in clinical research such as lack of interest, funding, and poor availability of research mentors and access to scientific databases to improve participation in clinical research. Substantial amendments in the medical undergraduate curriculum are needed. Cureus 2019-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6561510/ /pubmed/31205838 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4452 Text en Copyright © 2019, Kumar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Medical Education Kumar, Jai Memon, Aurangzeb Kumar, Ankeet Kumari, Raj Kumar, Besham Fareed, Sundus Barriers Experienced by Medical Students in Conducting Research at Undergraduate Level |
title | Barriers Experienced by Medical Students in Conducting Research at Undergraduate Level |
title_full | Barriers Experienced by Medical Students in Conducting Research at Undergraduate Level |
title_fullStr | Barriers Experienced by Medical Students in Conducting Research at Undergraduate Level |
title_full_unstemmed | Barriers Experienced by Medical Students in Conducting Research at Undergraduate Level |
title_short | Barriers Experienced by Medical Students in Conducting Research at Undergraduate Level |
title_sort | barriers experienced by medical students in conducting research at undergraduate level |
topic | Medical Education |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6561510/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31205838 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4452 |
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