Knowledge is essential to conduct research which is a barrier in most undergraduate students ( 2). Medical research is a systematic method to obtain new knowledge, solve problems such as diagnosis problems, discover the latest or best treatment for such disease, and prevent any disease ( 1). Intensive training and adequate support in research activities of medical and dental students at the undergraduate level may help reduce these challenges and barriers toward research. However, most are not awarded on their research, do not attend the sessions, and do not speak their thoughts. A significant relationship between demographic characteristics (age, level, and Grade Percentage Average), attitudes & perceived barriers toward research was found (<0.05).Ĭonclusion: The majority of the students demonstrated a positive attitude toward and moderate behavior of research. Most of the students had positive attitudes, except that they are not awarded on their research, do not attend the sessions, and do not speak their thoughts. Lack of time, skills, funding, facilities, and limited access to medical journals and related databases were the significant barriers found. The majority (53.8%) had a reasonable behavior toward conducting medical research, and the average was 29.06. In this study majority (63.3%) had a moderate attitude toward conducting medical research and the average was 56.17.

Results: A total of 327 students participated in this study, and the response rate was 100%. 16.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) was used for data analysis. The Statistical Package of the Social Sciences (SPSS) program (V. The study followed a descriptive approach based on quantitative analysis. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the research population consisted of medical and dental students affiliated with King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia in 2020. Objective: The study aims to assess the challenges and barriers to conduct medical research among medical and dentistry students and determine the reasons that hinder the conduct of the study.

2College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabiaīackground: Medical research is a systematic method to obtain new knowledge, reduce diagnosis problems, discover the latest or best treatment for a disease, and also used for disease prevention.

1Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.

Alqarni 2, Safiah Ahmad Assiri 2, Mohammed Abadi Alsaleem 1 and Syed Esam Mahmood 1 *

Alzahrani 2, Mohammed Ibrahim Alwadai 2, Saad Saleh A. Safar Abadi Alsaleem 1, Muhammed Alhussain Y.

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