| Title: |
Research Trend, Career Preferences and its Effective Factors among Undergraduate Medical Students in Jinnah Sind Medical University, Pakistan. |
| Authors: |
Asif, Mariam1, Raza, Syed Mohsin1, Ahmed, Aftab1 |
| Source: |
Journal of Pioneering Medical Sciences. Apr-Jun2016, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p47-47. 1p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*MEDICAL students, *CAREER development, JINNAH Sindh Medical University (Karachi, Pakistan) |
| Abstract: |
BACKGROUND: Research at under graduate and graduate level is important in deciding career fields. The undergraduate experience is greatly enriched by attaining knowledge of research and leads to a successful career. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the research trends and research career preferences among undergraduate students of Jinnah Sindh Medical University in Karachi, Pakistan METHODS: It was a cross sectional study on the students of Jinnah Sindh Medical University. Total 256 Students were enrolled from 1st year to final year after giving verbal consent. An organized questionnaire was used to collect the data about student's research involvement, trends, and research career preferences. RESULTS: Out of 256 students, majority of the students (59.4%) had decided to do both clinical practice and research practice. Least response came for research in biomedical sciences (1.56%) and clinical research (1.17%). We assessed that very few students got their paper published. However, 23.83% of students had done research work, 9.38% were involved at that time and majority (66.80%) had no research experience. The first four chosen specialties for the future research work were surgery, gynae, internal medicine and neurology. It was observed that highest percentage of students (63.84%) wanted to do research to explore the knowledge about various scientific aspects, some students (23.73%) were interested in research and few (10.73%) were more concerned about publications while only 1.69% selected less competitive field. CONCLUSION: Our study suggested that students of pre-clinical years are more inclined towards research along with clinical practice. Trends of Research are increasing with time due to enhanced competency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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