title: Attitudes and practices of postgraduate medical trainees towards research--a snapshot from Faisalabad.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the attitudes and practices of postgraduate medical trainees towards research.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was a self-administered questionnaire based cross-sectional survey conducted on 55 conveniently selected trainees in Allied Hospital, Faisalabad.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Only 11 trainees read journals monthly, seven had written an article for a journal, 51 regarded reading literature important, 39 intended to engage in future research and 37 said they received inappropriate research training. The major reasons cited for poor research activity in Pakistan were poor research training and awareness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Though the attitudes towards research were positive, they were deficient practically in terms of reading and writing literature. There is an immediate need to improve research training in our educational institutes to facilitate the development of the local literature both in terms of research utilization and production
authors.affiliation: 4th Year Medical Students, The Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aslam
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Qayyum
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Qasim
authors.forename: I U
authors.initials: IU
authors.lastname: Haque
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires