The Acknowledge and Protection Awareness for Intellectual Property Rights of medical staff in A triple Hospital
Objective To investigate the current acknowledge and protection status for intellectual property rights of medical staff in a triple hospital of Xinjiang. Methods The target triple hospitals were selected by sampling and a set of self-designed questionnaires about acknowledge, protection awareness and requirements of intellectual property rights was performed by staffs in these hospitals. Results The score of acknowledge and protection awareness of intellectual property rights in medical staff are quite low. For acknowledge of intellectual property rights, the gender and education differ significantly(P <0.05). There was no significant difference in the age, nationality, title and working area(P >0.05). Conclusion This study showed that the knowledge and the protection awareness of intellectual property rights of medical staffs are generally lower. The knowledge on intellectual property laws and rules is lack in medical staffs in triple hospital of Xinjiang.
Intellectual propertyHospitalProtection and management