SITUATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN HUE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AND HEALTH FACILITIES IN THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE

Abstract

The study was conducted with the aim at: 1) describing situation of scientific research in Hue university of medicine and pharmacy (HUMP) and health facilities in Thua Thien Hue (TTH) province during 5 years from 2012 to 2016; and 2) evaluating effectiveness of activities of scientific research (SR) in study settings. This is a quantitative and cross sectional study. 220 researchers and 4 managers of scientific research department were directly interviewed based on structured questionnaire to learn about scientific research activities of individuals and organizations during 5 years from 2012 to 2016. Secondary data including documents, agreements related to quality management of scientific research in study settings were also reviewed. Findings showed that during 5 years from 2012 to 2016, number of scientific research project in Hue Central Hospital (HCH), HUMP and Health department of the province (HD) are 990, 596 and 582, respectively. Most of them are project with basis level. Number of scientific paper published is 1776 in HUMP, 1115 in HCH and 440 in HD. Almost of them were published in the dosmetic journals. Scientific research project were applied in health care pratice accounting for 88.1% in HD, 45.3% in HUMP and 4.7% in HCH. HUMP is only unit that gets enough contents of procedure of quality management in scientific research projects. Activities of scientific research of health section of the province achieve effectiveness according to criteria suggested. In order to enhance quality of scientific research works, procedure of their management should be improved in quality aspect of the studies and the resource support to researchers should be paid attention.