Abstract:
Students who did not participate in this activity during their training that might
negatively affect their understanding of the importance of research in their future
careers.
Objective of the study:
To evaluate the attitude and knowledge and barriers of a sample of Iraqi medical
undergraduate students.
Methodology:
Across sectional study was done using a self-administered pretested questionnaire
to measure the knowledge, barriers and attitudes of students toward research.
Results:
Two hundred eight medical students were studied in the University of Babylon.
The female to male ratio was 2:1. Regarding barriers , the study revealed that( 55.3% )of the students had efficient internet.
This study explained that the skill of English language writing is very low. Only one-fourth of the students were exposed to the encouragement to participate in academic research and 8.7% of the students mentioned that there was available chance for them to conduct research. Only 15.8% agreed that they can access scientific journals through university library while 3.4% of study group knew that there are government financial support toward research, 68.2% of the students said that there are no enough training in research. Regarding the attitude 73.3% of the
participants had positive attitudes.