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Research involvement among undergraduate health sciences students: a cross-sectional study

机译：本科健康科学专业学生的研究参与：横断面研究

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The development of research capacity among undergraduates is an important intervention in countering the documented decrease in medical and health sciences researchers. The literature on undergraduate research generally emanates from smaller scale studies that have been conducted in high income countries, with a focus on medical students. This cross-sectional study was conducted in a Sub-Saharan country, included a population of medical and allied health professions (AHP) students, and aimed to improve our understanding of the factors influencing undergraduate student research. A questionnaire was distributed to all students enrolled in an undergraduate programme at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa (including Medicine and four AHP programmes). Data was collected on a number of demographic characteristics and on 3 major outcome-themes: “voluntary research involvement”, “self-perceived research competence” and “future research participation”. Associations between characteristics and outcome themes were explored. In total, 1815 students participated in the study (response rate 80.2%). Of all the demographic variables, discipline (AHP programmes vs. Medicine), male gender and prior undergraduate experience in a science degree were significantly associated with voluntary research involvement. Significantly higher levels of self-perceived research competence and greater interest in future research participation, were seen among participants from AHP programmes; males; and those with previous or current voluntary research involvement. Ethnicity and geographic background were not significantly associated with any of our outcomes. Our results offer important new evidence in support of the imperative to diversify the research work-force, in Sub-Saharan Africa and globally. Enhanced efforts aimed at achieving better academic representation in terms of gender, ethnicity, geographical and socio-economic backgrounds are strengthened by the findings of this study. Potential student researchers represent an important group amenable to further intervention. Further research may be required to explore the factors that determine the progression from interest to future participation in research.
机译：本科生研究能力的发展是对付有记录的医学和健康科学研究人员减少的重要干预措施。有关本科生研究的文献通常来自在高收入国家进行的较小规模的研究，重点是医学生。这项横断面研究是在撒哈拉以南的国家/地区进行的，研究对象包括医学和专职健康专业（AHP）的学生，旨在增进我们对影响本科生研究的因素的理解。向所有在南非开普敦的斯泰伦博斯大学医学与健康科学学院的本科课程就读的学生分发了一份调查表（包括医学课程和四个AHP课程）。收集了有关许多人口统计学特征和三个主要成果主题的数据：“自愿研究参与”，“自我感知研究能力”和“未来研究参与”。探索了特征与结果主题之间的关联。总共有1815名学生参加了该研究（回应率80.2％）。在所有人口统计学变量中，学科（AHP计划与医学），男性和科学学位的本科生经验与自愿研究密切相关。在AHP计划的参与者中，人们发现自我感知的研究能力显着提高，并且对未来的研究参与更加感兴趣。男性以及以前或当前自愿参与研究的人员。种族和地理背景与我们的任何结果均无显着相关。我们的研究结果提供了重要的新证据，以支持撒哈拉以南非洲乃至全球范围内多样化研究队伍的当务之急。这项研究的结果加强了为在性别，族裔，地理和社会经济背景方面取得更好的学术代表性而做出的更大努力。潜在的学生研究人员代表着一个可以接受进一步干预的重要团体。可能需要进行进一步的研究，以探索确定从兴趣到未来参与研究的过程的因素。

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