Improving Research Training Using Assignments for Family Medicine Residents in Saudi Arabia

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Setting: The family medicine training program at PSMMC in Riyadh is a major program with many years of experience in graduating residents of family medicine residency programs.The program is approved by the SCFHS.An average of 20-30 residents graduates each year from SCFHS's training program.Residents in the Saudi family medicine program must complete research training as part of their residency training.However, Residents' feedback emphasized the need for a change in the way research methods are taught.For this reason, assignment-based research training was designed to replace lecture-based training and to improve the research training experience.Methods: A Qualitative study in which a focus group of eight residents was included before and after implementation of research training change to assignment based.Results: Before implementation, there was an agreement that research training was considered a burden on residents and not a priority.Careless attitude was common among residents towards performance in the research requirement.There is an improved in commitment and seince of ownership for research after implementation of assignment-based research activities Conclusion: The use of assignment-based training in research training was effective in changing the perception of the residents towards research training as a requirement from the SCFHS.

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