Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Medical Education
Date Submitted: Aug 5, 2020
Open Peer Review Period: Aug 5, 2020 - Sep 30, 2020
Date Accepted: Apr 15, 2021
Date Submitted to PubMed: Aug 12, 2021
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Individual and Institutional Factors Halting Completion of Research in a Group of Medical Graduates at Cairo University, Faculty of Medicine.
ABSTRACT
Background:
Medical research plays a significant role in advancing the level of health care. It is a crucial part of the development of any educational system. In developing countries, the publication rate related to the medical sciences is slower than in the developed countries.
Objective:
We are trying to explore the causes of delay in publishing research and the factors that hinder the completion of masters’ projects in a group of medical graduates at Cairo University Faculty of Medicine.
Methods:
An online questionnaire was introduced to about 150 medical graduates in different specialties through social media. The questionnaire aimed to investigate the reasons of the lag in publishing master's degree manuscripts after graduation among a group of medical graduates.
Results:
About 130 out of 150 responded to the web-based survey. Ages of the participants ranged from 23 to 38 years, 72 of them were males and 58 were females. Causes that resulted in non-completion of manuscripts were analyzed, in addition to the lack of proper research training together with the absence of diligent mentorship was a top priority reason. We found a significant relationship between being married and failing to fulfill the assigned project. Moreover, we found also that the frequency of non-fulfillment is increased among those who suffered from poor mentorship.
Conclusions:
Several factors are contributing to the procrastination in publishing hand-made medical manuscripts among Cairo University Faculty of Medicine medical graduates. Pensive supervision has to be implemented to decipher the institutional obstinate problems that obstruct research progress.
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