摘要：Research has been integrated as one of the important subjects in medical curriculum. In University College Cork (UCC), it is compulsory to complete a substantive research during final year while in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), students are required to complete a community-based project in third year. So far there is no evaluation done to look at their attitude on the activity. Aim of the study is to compare the attitude of medical students on research in UCC and USM. A cross-sectional study using validated questionnaire involving fourth and final year students of both universities was carried out. Questions were primarily closed-ended and consisted of 5 Likert scales. Mann-Whitney test was used to determine statistical differences between the groups. A total of 269 questionnaires were completely returned. The UCC and USM contributed 47.6% and 52.4% respectively. Overall 43.3% students of UCC and 47.2% students of USM believe that research would be an aspect of their future care as a physician. Time, availability of research mentors, formal teaching of research methodology and the perception that the student would not receive appropriate acknowledgement for work put towards a research project appear to be barriers for students to become actively involved in research during medical school. Present study shows medical students had good attitudes towards research in both universities. There are some barriers that need to be evaluated to improve the involvement of students in research activities.
关键词：Medical student;attitude;research activities;University College Cork;Universiti Sains Malaysia
