Background: Health research training has been recognized as an important component of medical education because the rapid expansion and progress in biomedical research is expected to transform medical care. Research is taught as a part of the graduation as well as post-graduation curriculum in Physiotherapy. The study was aimed at determining the knowledge, attitude and perception towards research among post-graduate physiotherapy students.
Method: 90 post-graduate physiotherapy students filled a self-administered questionnaire. The results were analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2013.
Results: 6 males and 67 females participated in the study. 93% students had studied research during graduation while 6% had not. There was poor knowledge (<41%) regarding research. The students carried good attitude and perception towards research. 71% liked research and 98% knew the importance of research. 77% believed an incorrect sample size can give wrong conclusions about a study. 73% believed blinding of an assessor can help decrease the bias of results. There was some ignorance among the students (<14% for most of the questions and 22% and 43% for two questions). Questionnaire data was missing for <10% of the students.
Conclusion: In spite of liking research and studying research during their graduation, most of the students had poor knowledge with good attitude and perception.
Impact Factor
2022: 6.012
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