Approach toward research among the medical undergraduates studying in Apollo Medical College, Hyderabad

Research; Attitude; Knowledge; Barrier INTRODUCTION Research in the field of health science has always played a potential role in terms of understanding disease, its trends, risk factors, and pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment aspects, prognosis, and public health interventions. According to the data available till 2008, with 65,745 articles with a global publication share of 1.59%, India holds the 12th rank among the productive countries for health research. [...]this study was taken up with the main objective to assess the attitude, knowledge, and barriers toward research among medical undergraduate students of all the MBBS phases through a questionnaire. [...]complete responses to all the 32 items of the questionnaire were obtained from 254 students', i.e., 70, 80, and 104 students from MBBS Phase I, II, and III, respectively.