Abstract
ObjectiveThrough preliminary investigation of needs for clinical research training, to provide some initial evidence for design and operation of clinical research training programs in China.MethodsAn online questionnaire containing 23 questions about demographics, current practice of clinical research and needs for clinical research training was formulated to collect data from physicians and researchers in hospital. Convenience sampling was adopted.ResultsA total of 600 valid questionnaires were collected, including 507 from physicians, 58 from full-time clinical researchers and 35 from full-time basic medical researchers. Results showed that 14 % of the participants never participated in any clinical research, difficulties in data statistics were reported by more than 70 % of participants, and over 50 % reported training needs for cohort and biobank construction, data management and clinical study design. As to the training form, a combined on-line lecture with off-line communication is preferred. As for the content of the training program, strategies for literature reading and grant writing are highly demanded.ConclusionsIn China, even physicians in top hospitals tend to encounter various difficulties when conducting clinical research. This study highlights the importance of systematic training for future physician scientists in China, with a particular focus on data statistics, cohort and biobank construction and data management.
Highlights
With a rapidly ageing population, accompanied by rapid developments in disease diagnosis, treatment methods and disease spectrum, the importance of clinical research is becoming increasingly prominent in China [1]
With the establishment of national clinical research centers, the rollout of national clinical research programs, and the founding of clinical research units in top medical schools and hospitals in China, clinical research has been in the limelight since the “13th FiveYear Plan” period [5,6,7]
The respondents provided related information about their knowledge of and participation in clinical research, the difficulties they encountered in practice and what they expected from clinical research training
Summary
With a rapidly ageing population, accompanied by rapid developments in disease diagnosis, treatment methods and disease spectrum, the importance of clinical research is becoming increasingly prominent in China [1]. With the establishment of national clinical research centers, the rollout of national clinical research programs, and the founding of clinical research units in top medical schools and hospitals in China, clinical research has been in the limelight since the “13th FiveYear Plan” period [5,6,7]. Both of the number of physicians and researchers involved in clinical studies and the funding for clinical research are on the rise. In order to take full advantage of all the above-mentioned
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