Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society
Year 2019, Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 23-29
https://doi.org/10.26715/jbms.31_13052019Adel Salman AlSayyad1,* , Shaima Al Nashaba2, Kawthar Al Eid3, Manal Al Maskati4, Mirvat Al Alawi3
1Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Arabian Gulf University; Consultant family medicine, Public Health & Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Bahrain; Chief of Disease Control Section, PHD, MOH- Bahrain, P.O. Box 12, Manama- Kingdom of Bahrain.
2Medical Resident Doctor, Ministry of Health, Bahrain
3Consultant Family Physician, Ministry of Health, Bahrain
4Consultant Pediatrics, Ministry of Health, Bahrain
*Corresponding author:
Adel Salman AlSayyad, Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Arabian Gulf University; Consultant family medicine, Public Health & Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Bahrain; Chief of Disease Control Section, PHD, MOH- Bahrain, P.O. Box 12, Manama- Kingdom of Bahrain; Tel. No.: (+973)-33499599 / (+973) 17279234; Email: Asayyad@health.gov.bh / Aassayyad2010@gmail.com
Received date: May 13, 2019; Accepted date: August 07, 2019; Published date: October 03, 2019
Abstract
Background: Health research methodology is becoming essential research types in current clinicalpractice. Training for necessary research skills and practicing research early in the career are foundto be associated with continued professional academic growth. The aim of this study is to assess theresearch-related knowledge, attitude, and practices of training doctors, in the main tertiary care andtraining hospital, in Bahrain.
Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted among 142 trainee doctors, recruited in the SpecialtyTraining Residency Program (STRP) at all levels, in Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC). They completed self-flled questionnaire which was developed using questionnaires from previous studiesand included demographic, knowledge, attitude, and practice, related to health research.
Results: A total of 142 training doctors participated in the study. More than half of them (55.6%)considered their level to be good, while only 12 (8.5%) assessed themselves to be excellent. Although majority of the respondents (87.3%) thought that training doctors should participate in research, onlyone-third (34.5%) of them felt confdent in interpreting and writing research. When asked about themain limitation to conduct health research, the participants ranked lack of mentors and/or assistants asthe frst limitation (63.4%), followed by lack of time (49.3%), and lack of research curriculum (40.1%).
Conclusion: Training doctors have an excellent attitude towards health research and good knowledge,but their participation in research does not match with their attitude and knowledge. An urgent changein the curriculum and training of the postgraduate programs is needed to include health researchparticipation.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, Doctors, Bahrain, Health Research.