BACKGROUND
Research is an organized, systematic, data-based, critical, objective, scientific inquiry, or investigation into a specific problem, undertaken with the purpose of finding answers or solution to it. As research demands increases, undergraduates require to come up with a research activity focusing on problems relative to their interest.
AIM
To assess the interest of dental undergraduates of Nagpur city towards conducting a research.
MATERIAL AND METHODOLOGY
A cross sectional questionnaire-based survey was undertaken among the First to Final BDS students and Internsof three Dental colleges of Nagpur.
RESULT
68.3% (453) student said that their college motivates them for doing research, 65% (431) students agreed that research should be made compulsory for undergraduates and 87.5% (580) of dental students believed that research during undergraduates will be helpful in postgraduation.
CONCLUSION
Majority of the dental students have interest in doing research during their undergraduates. But at the same, college needs to motivate students to undertake research activity and give them guidance for manuscript writing and encouragement to publish their research in renowned journals.
KEYWORDS
Dental Students, Nagpur city, Research, Undergraduates