Author/Authors :
Ramezan Ghorbani, Nahid Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Ahmadi, Shokoh Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Kabiri, Payam Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Najjari, Abbas Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Rezaee, Zohre Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Noot, Rosemari Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Zahedi, Farnaz Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Moradi, Ali Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran , Fallah Rostami, Fatemeh University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
Objective: The importance of research and its fundamental role in the country’s growth and development
is vital. Connecting research to knowledge translation is an essential component of research process and
its production, management, and the maintenance of this process is the reason behind the survival of the
national health research system. Knowledge translation is the process of disseminating knowledge into
actual use, or simply application of knowledge.
Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted on 418 university students enrolled
in medical universities throughout the country during the period from September 2006 to 2013.
Results: About 42.5% of respondents have expressed that results of dissertations will benefit the health
care providers while 2.2% of respondents have expressed that research results can benefit the industrial
sector, they further expressed that 11.4% of researchers and 32.2% of the general population can benefit
from these researches. Furthermore, in order that results of students’ dissertations will become useful to
others 71.7% of the students have expressed that research results be published as an article in
international indexed journals.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that majority of students have selected the title of their
research project based on their personal interest and then decided based on the opinion of their thesis
mentor. The principles of accurate and relevant data management must be implemented in order that
researches will be directed toward being more practical rather than theoretical. Hence, by performing
more extensive researches, barriers as well as factors that promote researches will be identified and by
emphasizing on knowledge translation a cultural environment aiming at presenting research results to
users will be achieved and researches and dissertations that resulted to the solution of the problems of the
community will be promoted.
Keywords :
Assessment , Dissemination , Knowledge Translation , Medical Student These
