Investigation of scientific research attitude,scientific research ability of clinical medical interns and its influencing factors analysis
Objective To investigate the status of scientific research attitude and ability of undergraduate clinical medical interns,and analyze the factors that affect their scientific research ability.Methods In December 2022,217 five-year clinical medicine interns from Grade 2018 and 2019 in Hangzhou Medical College and Zhejiang Chinese Medical University who underwent clinical internship at Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital(People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College)were selected as the research subjects.A survey questionnaire was distributed to them to understand their research attitudes and abilities.There were a total of 19 items in the dimensions of research attitude and research ability,using a Likert 5-level rating,with a maximum score of 5 points.The scientific capacities were rated from 1("completely lacking")to 5("fully capable"),while the attitudes toward scientific research were rated from 1("very unwilling")to 5("very willing").There were 215 valid questionnaires collected,and ultimately 215 interns were included in this study.SPSS 23.0 software was used to analyze the influencing factors by multiple linear regression.Results The average score of scientific research attitude among undergraduate medical interns was 4.00±0.93,and the average score of scientific research ability was 3.12±0.72.Undergraduate clinical interns with scientific research experience had higher scientific research ability scores than those without scientific research experience,mainly reflected in research design ability,method selection ability,literature retrieval ability,Chinese reading ability,foreign language reading ability,data collection ability,and data organization ability,and the differences were all statistically significant(all P<0.05).Interns who had participated in scientific research teaching courses had higher scientific research attitude scores(4.11±0.86)than those who had not participated in such courses(3.83±1.02).Interns who have participated in scientific research teaching courses were more willing to conduct or participate in scientific research,participate in systematic scientific research courses,write scientific research reports and papers,be interested in scientific research issues in learning,and believe that improving scientific research literacy is necessary,and the differences were all statistically significant(all P<0.05).Scientific research attitude and experience were factors that affected scientific research ability,but school scientific research teaching courses did not affect medical students'scientific research ability.Conclusions Undergraduate medical interns have a generally positive scientific research attitude,but their scientific research ability is at a general level.The employment environment,professional title promotion,and career development of doctors demand scientific research,which stimulates the interest of medical interns in scientific research.However,the lack of channels to participate in scientific research hinders the improvement of their research abilities.It is recommended that medical institutions give full play to the role of affiliated hospitals,establish a scientific research mentor system for undergraduate medical students to build a platform for scientific research application,learning,communication,and guidance,as well as improve the comprehensive scientific research ability of medical students.
Medical studentsInternsScientific research attitudeScientific research abilityInfluencing factors