Extracurricular research activities among senior medical students in Kuwait: experiences, attitudes, and barriers

Al-Halabi, Becher; Marwan, Yousef; Hasan, Mohammad; AlKhadhari, Sulaiman

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“…The study questionnaire also included questions about the obstacles and barriers preventing students from conducting or participating in medical research. Barrier items included in the questionnaire (n=22 items) were formulated according to the data available in the previous qualitative studies, 2 , 5 , 9 , 10 , 14 , 15 and then categorized to include personal (n=6 items) and institutional aspects (n=16 items). Each studied barrier item was scored as follows: 1= totally disagree; 2= disagree; 3= neutral; 4= agree; 5= totally agree.…”

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Perceptions, barriers, and practices of medical research among students at Taibah College of Medicine, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Noorelahi¹,

Soubhanneyaz²,

Kasim³

2015

AMEP

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BackgroundResearch is an extremely crucial element in the advancement and improvement of health care services provided to the public.AimTo assess perceptions, barriers, and practices of medical research among students at Taibah College of Medicine, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.MethodsA cross-sectional, self-administered, validated, pretested, and structured questionnaire was completed by 233 medical students (third, fourth, and fifth study year). The questionnaire consisted of demographic data, students’ attitude, practices, and barriers. The collected data were analyzed using appropriate statistical methods including predictive logistic regression models. The level of statistical significance was defined as P#0.05.ResultsThe overall response rate was 64.7% (233/360). The mean age of the studied students was 22.6±1.1 years, of them 50.1% were males and 48.9% were females. The average attitude score was significantly higher among fourth- and fifth-year medical students compared with that of the third-year students. There has been a statistically significant difference between male and female students regarding their practice of medical research where the higher percent of students reported participation in previous medical research was among female students (79%). The most important obstacle predictors implicated in not conducting research among all the studied students were inadequate facility for research, lack of interest by faculty or guide, and unavailability of the samples or patients.ConclusionThe students in the study showed a moderately high positive attitude toward medical research. Addressing and solving perceived students’ barriers by faculty staff and administrators are essential in order to ensure an improvement in research activities among medical students.

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“… 3 , 4 It has been reported that medical students’ involvement in research activity would allow them to gain research skills, thus improving patient’s care. 5 Hence, adequate levels of knowledge and reasoning skills and development of a positive attitude are crucial to carrying out the research. 6 …”

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Perceptions, barriers, and practices of medical research among students at Taibah College of Medicine, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Noorelahi¹,

Soubhanneyaz²,

Kasim³

2015

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“…A research training course is an essential item of medical education and a crucial opportunity to develop future physicians and healthcare providers with excellent research skills [ 1 - 2 ]. Previous studies reported that research experience throughout college years is strongly associated with more postgraduate researchers and future research achievements [ 1 - 3 ]. Additionally, conducting a research project helps students to develop critical thinking and the ability to evaluate literature efficiently.…”

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Research Knowledge and Skills Among Medical and Allied Health Students Attending a Summer Research Course: A Pretest and Posttest Analysis

Al-Tannir

Abu-Shaheen

AlSumaih

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Cureus

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IntroductionThis study assessed the impact of a summer research training course on the knowledge levels and skills of medical and allied health students.MethodsA one group pretest-posttest quasi-experiment study was conducted during a summer research course at King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed among course participants twice, on the first day (pretest) and the last day of the course (posttest). The questionnaire consisted of four sections: study design, literature review, formulation of a research question, and biostatistics.ResultsA total of 44 participants were included in the study, of whom 27 (61.4%) were medical students. The overall mean score of correct responses of the participants was 17.70±4.00 in the pretest compared to 22.18±6.64 in the posttest (p<0.001). The mean score of the correct responses of the participants in the “study design” pretest section was (4.23±1.51) compared to (10.23 ± 3.71) in the posttest, (p<0.001). While for the literature review section, the mean score of the correct responses in the pretest was (2.20±1.19) and (2.77±1.34) in the posttest, (p=0.027). Moreover, our results revealed that all participants (100%) were able to execute all the steps of a research project and 6 (13.64%) participants were able to submit papers for publication.ConclusionsOur results showed that a research training program might enhance research knowledge and skills in terms of the successful accomplishment of relevant assessment tasks among medical and allied health students.

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“…In the twenty-first century, research is the primary backbone of advancing biomedical sciences and improving healthcare (Al-Halabi et al 2014 ). The call for formal integration of scholarly research training into undergraduate medical curricula is becoming increasingly underscored (Abu-Zaid and Alkattan 2013 ; Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University 1998 ; World Federation for Medical Education 2015 ).…”

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The Student-Authored Biomedical Publications at Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia: a 6-year descriptive analysis

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There are limited numbers of studies which comprehensively explored the research publications authored by medical students. To descriptively analyze the student-authored research publications originating from Alfaisal University—College of Medicine (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) over a 6-year period. All student-authored research publications were retrieved from PubMed® and the College’s publication database. Study inclusion criteria included: (1) at least one medical student author, (2) published and/or accepted in-press PubMed-indexed article from 10 September 2008 to 31 December 2014. Data was transferred to Microsoft Excel Software for descriptive statistical analysis of variable parameters. Seventy-three (n = 73) articles met the study inclusion criteria. They were published by 170 students; the majority were males (79.4 %) and clerkship students (65.9 %). There was a markedly steady increase in number of yearly publications from 1 publication in 2009 to 35 publications by the end of 2014. Fifty (68.5 %), twenty-nine (39.7 %) and thirty-seven (50.7 %) students were first, second and corresponding authors, respectively. The most frequent research areas were clinical science (43.8 %), basic science (23.3 %) and medical education (21.9 %). The most frequent research types were case reports (41.1 %), research articles (32.9 %) and correspondence letters (15.1 %). Fifty-seven (78.1 %) and sixteen (21.9 %) publications took place in local and abroad institutes, respectively. Most publications (71.2 %) had impact factors below 2. The mean ± SD of articles’ impact factors and citations were 3.9 ± 9.9 and 1.9 ± 4.1, respectively. Students demonstrated positive attitudes towards publishing and significantly contributed to the institution’s pool of research publications.

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Extracurricular research activities among senior medical students in Kuwait: experiences, attitudes, and barriers

Cited by 24 publications

References 25 publications

Perceptions, barriers, and practices of medical research among students at Taibah College of Medicine, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Perceptions, barriers, and practices of medical research among students at Taibah College of Medicine, Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Research Knowledge and Skills Among Medical and Allied Health Students Attending a Summer Research Course: A Pretest and Posttest Analysis

The Student-Authored Biomedical Publications at Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia: a 6-year descriptive analysis

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