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OBJECTIVE: To identify the perception, attitude and barriers of undergraduate medical students toward medical research at Rehman Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan.METHODS: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in under-graduate medical students of Rehman Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan from thth15 May to 15 June 2016. A pretested questionnaire was completed by 150 medical students. The questionnaire consisted of 16 questions. The students' response was recorded on a Likert Scale from strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (5). The collected data was analyzed by SPSS version 17.RESULTS: Of the 400 students enrolled 150 of the student's responded. The response rate was 37.5%. Seventy percent of the students had previous experience in research and 92% had agreed upon that research is an important component of medical education while 88.6% considered research as a mandatory component of medical school curriculum. The motives of the stude-nt's behind conducting research during medical school made research mandatoryin curriculum (88.6%), facilitating acceptance to residency program (40.7%), appreciation and acknowledgement by teachers (47.3%) and research by peer (46.7%). The barriers were lack of interest (16.7%), lack of time due to extensive medical curriculum (58%), exam phobia (49.3%), lack of training in scientific literature search (31.4%) and research methodology (25.3%).CONCLUSION: The majority of students in the study showed diverse attitudes and perceptions toward medical research. Addressing perceived students' barriers can help in an improvement in research activities among medical students.
Fazia Raza, Qamar Nisa. (2017) PERCEPTION, ATTITUDES AND BARRIERSIN UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTSTOWARD MEDICAL RESEARCH AT REHMANMEDICAL COLLEGE, PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL, Volume 9, Issue 3.
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