Knowledge, attitude and practices towards medical research amongst the postgraduate students of pravara institute of medical sciences university of central India
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BACKGROUND: Health research training is an essential component of medical education and a vital exercise to help develop physician research skills. OBJECTIVES: This study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices towards health research amongst the postgraduate students of Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences University of central India. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out from August to October 2012. A total of 116 postgraduate students were interviewed. Knowledge, attitude, and practices related to health research were assessed using a predesigned, pretested and validated questionnaire. Results were analyzed in the form of percentage and proportions whenever appropriate. RESULTS: In present study, the concept of research hypothesis was known to only 18.9% of the postgraduate students, whereas 17.2 and 21.5% students knew the full form of MEDLARS and MEDLINE respectively. Majority (91.4%) students believed that patient outcome improves with continued medical research and 70.7% are willing to participate in workshop for research methodology. Lack of time due to vast curriculum of postgraduate subjects (59.5%), lack of research curriculum (25%), and inadequate facilities (25.8%) were stated as major obstacles for pursuing research. CONCLUSION: Postgraduate students have inadequate knowledge, but have positive attitudes towards health research. Postgraduate training and research facilities at the institution need to undergo major transformation in order to encourage meaningful research by postgraduate trainees.
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Multiple studies reported financial barriers as major challenges: Hegde A et al. 29.3%, Basudan A et al. 84.4%, Giri PA et al. 41.4%, Alsaleem SA et al. 55%, and Sabzwari S et al. 28.8%.
“Several studies—by Hegde A et al., (29.3%), Basudan A et al., (84.4%), Giri PA et al., (41.4%), Alsaleem SA et al., (55%), and Sabzwari S et al., (28.8%)—highlighted financial barriers as major challenges faced by participants (2),(19),(23),(24),(25).”
From Research Publication Challenges Faced by Dentists in India: A Narrative Review of Multilevel Barriers (2026) · cites this paper as [23]
The Discussion (page not provided) identifies lack of financial support as a significant barrier reported by postgraduate students. Our copy does not give the claimed 41.4% figure; the Results instead list other obstacles and their percentages. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredGiri PA et al. reported that 16.4% of participants identified inadequate support from guides and supervisors as a major obstacle.
“Giri PA et al., (16.4%) and Sabzwari S et al., (42.5%) reported that inadequate support from guides and supervisors was a major obstacle (23),(25).”
From Research Publication Challenges Faced by Dentists in India: A Narrative Review of Multilevel Barriers (2026) · cites this paper as [23]
The Discussion reports that postgraduate students identified inadequate guidance from teaching staff as a significant barrier to research. The available Results text and Discussion do not give 16.4% for that barrier, so the attributed percentage is not supported by our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredGiri PA et al. found that 26% of postgraduate students cited insufficient research facilities as a major obstacle to conducting research.
“Giri PA et al., found that 26% of postgraduate students cited insufficient research facilities as a major obstacle to conducting research (23).”
From Research Publication Challenges Faced by Dentists in India: A Narrative Review of Multilevel Barriers (2026) · cites this paper as [23]
Giri PA et al. found that 12.9% of postgraduate students demonstrated a lack of interest in research, reflecting a fundamental disengagement that may impede academic growth.
“A study by Giri PA et al., found that 12.9% of postgraduate students demonstrated a lack of interest in research, reflecting a fundamental disengagement that may impede academic growth (23).”
From Research Publication Challenges Faced by Dentists in India: A Narrative Review of Multilevel Barriers (2026) · cites this paper as [23]
The Results and Discussion report positive attitudes toward research and barriers such as lack of time, but neither gives a 12.9% figure for lack of interest. Searches for “12.9% lack of interest” and reasons for not conducting research found no passage linking disengagement to academic growth. The Results name Table 3, but its entries are not present in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.72)
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- Authors
- Giri, P., Bangal, V., & Phalke, D.
- Affiliations
- Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Giri, PurushottamA
- Venue
- Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
- Published
- 2014
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 22
- ISSN
- 2249-4863 (ISSN-L)
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- PMC4005194
- OpenAlex
- W2070550895
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- FWCI
- 2.99
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Keywords
- knowledge, attitudes and practices, health research, postgraduate medical students, research training, barriers to research, research institutions, MEDLINE, research hypotheses
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