Mohammad Al, Soban Qadir Khan, Imran Alam Moheet, Wadha Mohammad Al, Maryah Ahmed Mohammed Asker, Faraz Ahmed Farooqi.
Awareness and Interest for Research among Preclinical and Clinical Students of Medical College, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Ann Jinnah Sindh Med Uni Jan ;1(2):9-11.

Objectives: Purpose of the study was to evaluate the awareness and interest of medical students towards research projects in their education and to check the difference of approach among male and female students. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at College of Medicine, University of Dammam. Male and female students from second to sixth year participated in the study. Close ended questions were asked to evaluate their behavior and interest for research. Chi-square test was used to check any significance between male and female responses. Results: There were 687 students participated in the study, response rate was 93.2 percent. Majority of them reported that they performed research during their under graduation. Significantly high number of females performed research compared to males. Majority of the students were aware with the importance of research and keen to continue research in future. Results showed that the students' did not have enough awareness about oral presentation of research article. Conclusion: It had been found through this study that medical students in University of Dammam did engage in research and they were quite enthusiastic to be a part of future researches. Students were aware about the importance of research in their education. It is required to provide them faculty/supervisors' support to encourage them for research. It is required to give them exposure of scientific journals and conferences. So, they would be more aware about scientific journals and oral presentation of research article.

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