Residents' Obstacles and Attitudes Toward Research during Residency Training
Jaroonvanichkul, V.; Deerojanawong, J.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand 99(2): 239-244
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-2208 PMID: 27249906 Document Number: 16834
Many residents often encounter several problems to accomplish their research projects, a requirement to complete medical residency training in Thailand. This study aimed to explore perceived obstacles and attitude of Thai residents toward conducting research. The questionnaires were distributed among 640 residents at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital from November to December 2014. Structured-questionnaires explored the participants' characteristics, research experience, purpose of conducting research, motivations and perceived barriers to research. Five-pointed Likert scale was used to determine residents' attitude toward research. Descriptive statistical analysis was used. 246 respondents were achieved from 640 residents surveyed, yielding a response rate of 39.7%. The mean age was 28.21 ± 1.60 years and 66.7% was female. Most of them were studying in internal medicine, pediatrics and anesthesiology. Residency year ranged from 1st-4th year and the ratio was 21.5: 20.8:18:1. The purposes to conduct the research were to meet the program requirement (72.4%), to develop research skills (23.6%), and to accrue credentials for future fellowship application (2.4%). While 52.4% pursued research in order to bolster research experience, 12.6% would like to publish and 4.5% would like to present in the international conference, as high as 39.8% had not motivation. Perceived barriers were limited statistical knowledge, inadequate time and, difficulty formulating research topic. In addition, 50.6% were assigned research topics from advisors. Most of the residents agreed that conducting research enhanced inquiry-based learning and enabled them to better understand research methodology. Nevertheless, they thought that researching was complicated, time-consuming, and tedious. Most residents were motivated to conduct research projects but perceived obstacles and negative attitude might erode their motivation for research.
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