KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF MBBS STUDENTS REGARDING CLINICAL RESEARCH IN QUETTA, PAKISTAN

Objectives: The aim of this study was to find out knowledge and perceptions regarding clinical research among the medical students (MBBS) of Quetta. To assess the knowledge of clinical research at student level and their perceptions regarding to clinical research. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted using self-made questionnaires among the MBBS students of 1st year to 5th year of Bolan medical college (BMC) and Quetta Institute of Medical sciences (QIMS). Study was conducted from July to October 2017. 40 questionnaires were randomly distributed in each class among male and female students of each institute thus total 400 samples was distributed in both institutes. The data was analyzed by SPSS 20. P value of < 0.05 was considered to be significant. Results: Maximum respondents 202 (55.5%) were from 17-21 years. Majority of respondents 184 (50.5%) were males where's 180(49.5%) respondents were from BMC and 180(50.5%) respondents were from QIMS. The individual demographics characteristics were taken and mean comparison was calculated and showed all the p-values less than 0.05 that shows significance over study, i.e. Age (p<0.001), year of study (p<0.001), Institution (p<0.001) and been part of research (p<0.001) were statistically significant with Knowledge where's demographic Institution (p<0.001), Parents education level (p<0.021), Family member in research (p<0.034) and been part research project (0.049) were significantly associated with Perception i.e. p>0.05. Conclusions: Study concluded that research is detailed study of subject in order to discover new facts, finding problem, solution and carrying out researches may prove to be beneficial in future for clinical practices, residency and medical trainings etc. There is large number of MBBS students who had basic knowledge about research and were interested in carrying out clinical research, however lack of platforms and supervisors are the barriers.