International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Salman Alahmed
College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
Assessing the Need of an Integrated Research Assistance Program towards Aiding Students in the Progress of Medical Research during Undergraduate Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Author(s): Mohammed Alreefi, Salman Alahmed, Fahad Elyahya*, Abdulaziz Khoshaim, Faris Hjji and Faisal Alhomaidan
Aim: To assess the need of medical students for a research assistance program Design and methods: This study was conducted at a medical college in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study was conducted utilizing an online questionnaire consisting of three parts: student demographics, students’ research proficiency, and problems faced when conducting research. Analysis: Data from the collected information was analyzed and all values of p<0.05, 95% confidence intervals for odds ratio that did not cross 1.00 were considered to indicate statistical significance. Results: Students who participated in this study were 228 (response rate=57%). 60.5% (n=138) were male, and 28% (n=64) were in their first year of medicine. The majority were working on at least one to two researches, 81.1% (n=185),.. Read More»
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