Research Methodology Training for First Year Postgraduate Residents: Perception of the Participants at Kirkpatrick Level One

Postgraduate residents have to prepare synopsis for conducting research to develop thesis as pre-requisite to appear Tribhuvan University qualifying examination...


Background
Postgraduate residents have to prepare synopsis for conducting research to develop thesis as pre-requisite to appear Tribhuvan University qualifying examination for MD/ MS/MDS/MN. Undertaking research is one of the competencies resident has to acquire during training. For serving the purpose Universal College of Medical Sciences (UCMS), Bhairahawa organized one-day research methodology training for first-year residents on June 11, 2019. The objective of this study was to take feedback of participant residents and assess their reaction/perception at Kirkpatrick level one.

Methods
Feedback of the participant was taken on valid semi-structured questionnaire comprised of four parts: demographic information, overall feedback on training, feedback on specific sessions and feedback for improvement. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 21.

Conclusion
The reaction/perception of participants was positive and constructive. Their suggestion to increase duration of training was valid.

Part A. Demographic Information
Info was taken on age in years, sex, year of graduation and any training related to research received before.

Part B. Overall Feedback on Training
This part contained two close ended questions; one was on rating training on scale 1-10 (1=poor, 10=excellent) for usefulness, content, relevance of session and content, facilitation, interactive teaching/learning, research skills development and training as overall; while another was whether this training has transformed you a good researcher on Likert Scale 1-4 (4=Strongly agree, 3=Fairly agree, 2=Slightly agree, 1=Not agree).

Part C. Feedback on Specific Sessions
This part covered seven closed ended questions on rating

Part D. Feedback for Improvement
This part had three open ended questions; one was on good points/strengths of training, second on areas for improvement and third for additional comments.
The informed consent was taken from the participants and ethical approval was obtained from institutional review committee of UCMS. The data collected was checked for completeness, accuracy and consistency. It was entered in IBMS SPSS version 21 for analysis. Descriptive analysis was done; the frequency, mean and standard deviation were computed.

Part A. Demographic Information
Out of 28 participants, 25 consented to provide feedback; the response rate was 89.28%. The age of the participant residents was 28.242.96 years (range 22-37 years); 12 were males and 13 females. Nineteen were from medicine (MBBS), 4 from dentistry (BDS) and 2 from nursing (BSc/BN). Only two participants (7%) received training before.

Part B. Overall Feedback on Training Workshop
The participant residents rated "Research Methodology Training" on scale of 1-10 (1=poor, 10=excellent); the rating was notable ( Table 1). The participant residents rating on the statement "training has transformed you a good researcher" on Likert Scale 1-4 (4=Strongly agree, 3= Fairly agree, 2= Slightly agree, 1= Not agree) was remarkable 3.36± 1.63

Part C. Feedback on Specific Sessions
The rating of the participant residents on specific sessions conducted in ""Research Methodology Training" was noteworthy (Table 2).