The attitude of medical and pharmacy students towards research activities: A multicenter approach.

Abstract: Aim: To assess the attitude of medical and pharmacy students in Asian and African universities towards scholarly research activities. Methods: An anonymous, cross-sectional, self-reported online survey questionnaire was administered to medical and pharmacy students studying in various A...

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Main Authors:	Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth, Bandari, Deepak Kumar, Tefera, Yonas Getaye, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim, Elnour, Asim Ahmed, Shehab, Abdulla
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Language:	English
Published:	MDPI 2017
Subjects:	RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	iium-633482018-04-13T03:04:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63348/ The attitude of medical and pharmacy students towards research activities: A multicenter approach. Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth Bandari, Deepak Kumar Tefera, Yonas Getaye Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Elnour, Asim Ahmed Shehab, Abdulla RS Pharmacy and materia medica Abstract: Aim: To assess the attitude of medical and pharmacy students in Asian and African universities towards scholarly research activities. Methods: An anonymous, cross-sectional, self-reported online survey questionnaire was administered to medical and pharmacy students studying in various Asian and African universities through social media between May and July 2016. A 68-item close-ended questionnaire consisting of Likert-scale options assessed the students’ research-specific experiences, and their attitudes towards scholarly research publications. Results: A total of 512 questionnaires were completed, with a response rate of 92% from Asia and 94% from Africa. More pharmacy students (70.8%) participated than medical students (29.2%). Overall 52.2% of the pharmacy students and 40% of medical students believed that research activities provided a means of gaining respect from their faculty members. Lack of encouragement, paucity of time, gaps in research activities and practices, and lack of research funding were some of the most common barriers acknowledged by the students. A nonparametric Mann-Whitney test showed that a statistically significant difference was observed, in that more than 80% of the pharmacy students viewed scientific writing and research activities as valuable experiences (p = 0.001) and would like to involve their co-students in scholarly research activities (p = 0.002); whereas the majority of the medical students desired to be involved more in scholarly research publications (p = 0.033). Conclusion: Pharmacy students had good attitudes towards research activities and a higher number of medical students desired to be involved more in research publications. Faculties may consider taking special research initiatives to address the barriers and improve the involvement of medical and pharmacy students in scholarly research activities. MDPI 2017-10-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63348/1/The%20Attitude%20of%20Medical%20and%20Pharmacy%20Students.pdf Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth and Bandari, Deepak Kumar and Tefera, Yonas Getaye and Jamshed, Shazia Qasim and Elnour, Asim Ahmed and Shehab, Abdulla (2017) The attitude of medical and pharmacy students towards research activities: A multicenter approach. Pharmacy, 5 (4). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2226-4787 http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/5/4/55 10.3390/pharmacy5040055
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spellingShingle	RS Pharmacy and materia medica Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth Bandari, Deepak Kumar Tefera, Yonas Getaye Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Elnour, Asim Ahmed Shehab, Abdulla The attitude of medical and pharmacy students towards research activities: A multicenter approach.
description	Abstract: Aim: To assess the attitude of medical and pharmacy students in Asian and African universities towards scholarly research activities. Methods: An anonymous, cross-sectional, self-reported online survey questionnaire was administered to medical and pharmacy students studying in various Asian and African universities through social media between May and July 2016. A 68-item close-ended questionnaire consisting of Likert-scale options assessed the students’ research-specific experiences, and their attitudes towards scholarly research publications. Results: A total of 512 questionnaires were completed, with a response rate of 92% from Asia and 94% from Africa. More pharmacy students (70.8%) participated than medical students (29.2%). Overall 52.2% of the pharmacy students and 40% of medical students believed that research activities provided a means of gaining respect from their faculty members. Lack of encouragement, paucity of time, gaps in research activities and practices, and lack of research funding were some of the most common barriers acknowledged by the students. A nonparametric Mann-Whitney test showed that a statistically significant difference was observed, in that more than 80% of the pharmacy students viewed scientific writing and research activities as valuable experiences (p = 0.001) and would like to involve their co-students in scholarly research activities (p = 0.002); whereas the majority of the medical students desired to be involved more in scholarly research publications (p = 0.033). Conclusion: Pharmacy students had good attitudes towards research activities and a higher number of medical students desired to be involved more in research publications. Faculties may consider taking special research initiatives to address the barriers and improve the involvement of medical and pharmacy students in scholarly research activities.
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author	Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth Bandari, Deepak Kumar Tefera, Yonas Getaye Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Elnour, Asim Ahmed Shehab, Abdulla
author_facet	Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth Bandari, Deepak Kumar Tefera, Yonas Getaye Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Elnour, Asim Ahmed Shehab, Abdulla
author_sort	Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth
title	The attitude of medical and pharmacy students towards research activities: A multicenter approach.
title_short	The attitude of medical and pharmacy students towards research activities: A multicenter approach.
title_full	The attitude of medical and pharmacy students towards research activities: A multicenter approach.
title_fullStr	The attitude of medical and pharmacy students towards research activities: A multicenter approach.
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title_sort	attitude of medical and pharmacy students towards research activities: a multicenter approach.
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publishDate	2017
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