Meeting the global need for physician-scientists: a Middle Eastern imperative

Anwer, Lucman A.; Anwer, Ayesha N.; Mahmood, Maryam; Abu‐Zaid, Ahmed; Shareef, Mohammad Abrar

doi:10.3402/meo.v19.26138

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“… 7 The seminal paper by Wyngaarden, 8 “The clinical investigator as an endangered species” addressed this concern over 40 years ago. 9 , 10 Recent international trends from the USA, 7 , 11 , 12 Canada, 13 UK, 14 Sweden, 15 Africa, 16 Singapore, 17 Pakistan 18 and Saudi Arabia 19 still indicate a decline in the number of young researchers replacing an aging workforce. For example, in the US, the fraction of physician-researchers has reduced from 4.7% in the 1980s to approximately 1.5% currently.…”

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“…6 The decline in number of HP researchers comes at a critical time when medical innovations are urgently needed to combat the current global COVID-19 pandemic, other communicable diseases and the aging population crisis. 2 , 18 The threat to individual and societal health and economic welfare requires a holistic approach to HP engagement with research and research training to ensure long-term outcomes for survival of world populations. 2 Research can no longer be restricted to an elite and specialized few, it needs to be appreciated as a fundamental activity for most, if not all HPs.…”

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Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review

D’Arrietta¹,

Vangaveti²,

Crowe³

et al. 2022

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Background Health professionals’ engagement in translational health and medical research (HMR) is fundamental to evidence-based practice leading to better patient health outcomes. However, there is a decline in the number of health professionals undertaking research which has implications for patient health and the economy. Informed by the motivation-based expectancy-value-cost (EVC) and self determination theories (SDT), this systematic literature review examined the barriers and facilitators of health professionals’ (HPs) motivation to undertake research. Methods The literature was searched between 2011 and 2021 for relevant peer-reviewed articles written in English, using CINAHL Complete, Informit, Medline Ovid, Medline (PubMed), Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases. This systematic review was performed and reported in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. Results Identified barriers to HPs’ engagement with research included the lack of knowledge, skills, and competence to conduct research, lack of protected research time, lack of funding and lack of organisational support. Integration of the findings of this review based on the EVC and SDT theories indicate that research capacity, ie, expectancy and competence is highly influenced by attitude, ie, the type of value (attainment, intrinsic or utility) and connection attributed to research. HPs who had very positive attitude towards research demonstrated all three values and were keen to take up research despite the barriers. Those who had a positive attitude were only motivated to do research because of its utility value and did not necessarily see it as having personal relevance for themselves. HPs who were unmotivated did not see any personal connection or relatedness to the research experience and saw no value in research. Conclusion The attitude HPs hold in their value of research is a catalyst for motivation or amotivation to engage in research as it directly influences the relevance of barriers. Facilitators that expedite the research journey have been attributed to research training, mentorship programs and supportive organisational research culture. Motivation of HPs explored through EVC and SDT is critical to the maintenance of a research culture and the clinician-researcher development pipeline.

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Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review

D’Arrietta¹,

Vangaveti²,

Crowe³

et al. 2022

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“…Unfortunately, much is left to be desired in relation to research opportunities available to medical students/interns in the Arab world. [ 9 10 ] Perhaps the lack of encouragement and role models and persistent sex-based biases are additional hindrances. [ 11 ]…”

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“…Unfortunately, much is left to be desired in relation to research opportunities available to medical students/interns in the Arab world. [9,10] Perhaps the lack of encouragement and role models and persistent sex-based biases are additional hindrances. [11] The main attraction to research as viewed by the majority of Saudi interns was enhancing applications for residency/ fellowship positions.…”

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Research attitudes, barriers, and prior experience: Experience from interns working in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore research productivity and attitudes by Saudi interns. Materials and Methods: Interns from two hospitals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia were invited to participate in an online survey. Results: Fifty-seven interns responded to the survey. An accurate response rate is not possible because the invitation email reliably reached only a half of all 400 interns. Fifteen interns (26.3%) presented their research findings at a conference, and seven (12.3%) had managed to publish their findings. The main attractions to research were improving prospects of a successful residency/fellowship match (71.7%) and desire to learn more about the research subject (17%). Conclusion: Most interns in our sample expressed interest in being involved in research. The driving forces behind such eagerness, however, remain to be explicitly explored—although the majority of the sampled interns cited improved chances for a successful residency/fellowship match as the main reason.

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“…These costs, however, are arguably significantly less than those associated with funding research fellowships after graduation. Finally, such programmes in developing countries are much less prevalent, 37 and help (material and intellectual) ought to be offered to propel research in these areas.…”

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The combined medical/PhD degree: a global survey of physician-scientist training programmes

Alamri

2016

Clinical Medicine

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Typically lasting 7-9 years, medical-scientist training programmes (MSTPs) allow students a unique opportunity to simultaneously intercalate medical (MBBS, MBChB or MD) and research (PhD) degrees. The nature of both degrees means that the combined programme is arduous, and selection is often restricted to a few highly motivated students. Despite the many successes of MSTPs, enthusiasm about MSTPs and the number of intercalating students, at least in some countries, appear to be diminishing. In this review, I shed light on MSTPs around the world, highlight the plethora of successes such programmes have had and provide insights on the setbacks experienced and solutions offered, with the aim of reigniting interest in these programmes.

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Meeting the global need for physician-scientists: a Middle Eastern imperative

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Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review

Rethinking Health Professionals’ Motivation to Do Research: A Systematic Review

Research attitudes, barriers, and prior experience: Experience from interns working in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

The combined medical/PhD degree: a global survey of physician-scientist training programmes

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