A STUDY OF MEDICAL STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE PROSPECT OF ENGAGING IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

• Galina V. Astratova
• Ayrat M. Izmailov

Abstract

In the presented work, the authors reflect the results of the study of the attitude of students of Russian medical universities to research and development work (R&D), as well as to the prospects for further professional activity in the considered area of socio-economic relations. The introduction to the article reflects some significant theoretical and statistical aspects of the problem under consideration. The work also presents the data of a sociological study conducted among students of the Samara State Medical University and the South Ural State Medical University on some aspects of their attitude to R&D. The obtained data can be applied in the process of forming a university innovation infrastructure and developing ways to improve the efficiency of the R&D sector in the system of Russian higher medical education.

Keywords: research and development work (R&D); research; scientific work; students; Russia; medical universities; survey; participation in R&D

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