Abstract
Background: The Indian Medical graduate as a lifelong learner, should be familiar with basic clinical and translational research that can be applied for caring patients. They should be made aware that research is so crucial to health care which will help to build a positive attitude towards research. Objective: To compare the attitude towards research among the MBBS students of 4th& 7th Semester and House surgeons in Government Medical College, Alappuzha during the year 2018. Materials and Methods: A Cross sectional study was carried out among MBBS students of 4th & 7th Semester and House surgeons. There were 355 participants. Validated Revised Attitude towards Research (R-ATR) scale was used for data collection. Results: There were 59% females and 41% males. Mean age was 22.2 with SD 1.7. Total median score was found to be decreasing from 62 to 59 and then to 53 from 4th semester, 7th semester and to interns. Domain wise median score for Usefulness, Anxiety and positive predisposition, were also found to be declining. A higher proportion (77%) agreed to the usefulness of research. Almost half of the study participants perceived research to be anxious and found it stressful and difficult. Positive predisposition was found to be 40.7%to 50.8%. Conclusion: There is a change in attitude towards research from 4th semester medical students to house surgeons. Though a high proportion perceives research to be useful, only half of them had positive predisposition towards research. Majority perceive the research process as stressful and anxious.
Highlights
Health research is essential to improve health care
While a study by D Robert Siemens et al reports an increasing trend towards future use of research from 38% of 2nd year to 53% of, the present study showed a decrease in the usefulness domain [11]
The study did not find out any association between gender and attitude towards research as reported in literature showing that attitude to research is similar among boys and girls whether positive or negative
Summary
Health research is essential to improve health care. health research has a low priority in the developing world [1]. The Indian Medical graduate as a lifelong learner, should be familiar with basic clinical and translational research that can be applied for caring patients. They should be made aware that research is so crucial to health care which will help to build a positive attitude towards research. Objective: To compare the attitude towards research among the MBBS students of 4th& 7th Semester and House surgeons in Government Medical College, Alappuzha during the year 2018. Almost half of the study participants perceived research to be anxious and found it stressful and difficult. Positive predisposition was found to be 40.7%to 50.8%.Conclusion: There is a change in attitude towards research from 4th semester medical students to house surgeons.
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