Abstract
ObjectivesThe purpose of this analysis was to investigate the quantity and quality of medical students’ research output in Gulf Cooperation Council countries to aid in developing strategies to improve research output.Methodss presented by medical students in Gulf Cooperation Council countries were subject to analysis. s that propagated into full-length articles underwent further demographic analysis, in which data regarding the type of study, the field of study, country of origin, mode of presentation, and journal’s impact factor were collected. A total of 798 abstracts were surveyed, with 19% (n=155) of the abstracts submitted by Gulf Cooperation Council countries progressing into full-length publications. The average impact factor for Gulf Cooperation Council country publications was found to be 1.85 ± 0.26 (standard error). Countries that recorded the highest conversion rates were, in descending order, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Moreover, basic biomedical and clinical research topics were more likely to be published in comparison with community-oriented and medical education-related topics.ConclusionsEffective efforts to encourage more medical student research output in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (with a focus on qualitative analysis) should be promoted in order to achieve publication rates comparable with those reported by developed countries.
Highlights
Training medical students to develop research competencies has been a focus of many medical schools worldwide [1]
Abstracts that propagated into full-length articles underwent further demographic analysis, in which data regarding the type of study, the field of study, country of origin, mode of presentation, and journal’s impact factor were collected
Effective efforts to encourage more medical student research output in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries should be promoted in order to achieve publication rates comparable with those reported by developed countries
Summary
Training medical students to develop research competencies has been a focus of many medical schools worldwide [1]. Physician-scientists play significant roles in accelerating the progress of bench to bedside translational research and, advancing the future of health care [2]. Medical students’ engagement in research is rewarding, some consider that research experiences are not complete unless they are culminated by the dissemination of knowledge. Knowledge dissemination can be expressed in two forms: (1) peer-reviewed research articles and (2) professional presentations in scientific conferences [5]. Publishing in peer-reviewed journals plays a significant role with regard to the employment of future physicians and has been suggested to be among the factors that predict whether a student will persist with an academic medicine career [6]
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