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Research attitudes, barriers, and prior experience: Experience from interns working in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Yassar Alamri1,2, Hassan Qahwaji3, Sara Saif3
1Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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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