Involvement of Doctors of Layyah, Pakistan in Medical Research
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Research involvement, graduates, post graduates, PakistanAbstract
Objective To study the involvement of doctors of Layyah, Pakistan in medical research.
Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted, the main hospital of city Layyah; Mian Nawaz Sharif (THAL) hospital was selected. Graduates and postgraduate doctors were included. Descriptive statistics were chartered using SPSS.
Results 72% of the doctors have a habit of reading medical journals. Only 10% of the doctors have a manuscript published under their names.68% of the doctors think that their current exposure to medical research is inadequate while 96% of the doctors would like to have medical research as a part of basic medical sciences.
Conclusion There is a keen interest for medical research among the doctors of Layyah but due to lack of motivating and driving factors such as research-oriented mentors, funds, seminars, refresher courses, and continuous medical education trends, practically there is the very negligible contribution of doctors of Layyah in the field of medical research. The exposure of the doctors to medical research is inadequate.
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