. Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula; . Deepak Kumar Bandari; . Shazia Qasim Jamshed; . Vijay Kumar Chattu
Volume 8, Issue 10 , October 2018, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Scholarly research experiences during student life can make pharmacy studentscapable of reaching the pinnacle of triumph with scientific skills.AIM: The aim of this study ...
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BACKGROUND: Scholarly research experiences during student life can make pharmacy studentscapable of reaching the pinnacle of triumph with scientific skills.AIM: The aim of this study is to assess the perception of pharmacy students and their inclinationtoward scholarly research publications.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross‑sectional web‑based survey was conducted among pharmacystudents across India, Malaysia, and Pakistan. A 21‑item questionnaire was distributed throughdifferent social networking sites between July and September 2016. Descriptive and Chi‑square testswere used to analyze the findings. A value of P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.RESULTS: Of 543 pharmacy students approached, 348 participants from India, Pakistan, andMalaysia were included giving a response rate of 64%. The study comprises 48.5% of males and51.4% of females, studying a bachelor of pharmacy (44.5%), and from private institutions (94%).Nearly, three‑fourths (76.4%) of the students had no publications but showed high interest towardoriginal research (87.4%). Most of the participants cited the reasons to engage in the scholarlypublication is too advanced research/share findings (74.1%), and to improve writing and researchskills (73.6%). Further, a significant percentage of students agreed that contributing to the literatureduring student life as a valuable experience and publishing will provide them with personal fulfilment.CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that most of the pharmacy students had positive perceptionstoward scholarly research activities to advance research and improve their writing research skills.We recommend the pharmacy schools to incorporate scholarly activities in the curriculum to embarkresearch‑inclusive career.
