The Research barriers at University from student's point of view in Golestan University of Medical Sciences

Research is a representative of developed countries; todays, it is one of the most important developmental factors. Moreover, research leadership is one of the main principles of higher education system. Emphasizing the research leads to progress as well as real autonomy, while ignoring it leads to considerable costs. The present study aimed to determine the student's views concerning the barriers of research. The research methodology was descriptive-analytic one; of 2263 participants, 332 students were selected by stratified random sampling. The data collection tool was questionnaire of Arak Medical University, and it contained 29 questions to be answered by students with research experience (Cronbach’s alpha 84%) and 18 questions without research experience (Cronbach’s alpha 89%). Regarding the research activities in both general and individual aspects, analyzed results by the Mann Whitney and T-test showed that there was no significant difference between students with research experience and students without research experience (Pvalue