بررسی رعایت اصول نگارش علمی پایان نامه‌های تحقیقاتی دانشجویان پزشکی

ABSTRACT To acquire independence, development, and progress,one should pass the road of investigation which is somehow uneven. In our country the history of investigation ,especially in the field of medicine has not been so brilliant ,and medical investigations used to have no definite and continual process;and no firm invesigational structure have been observed. Students theses are one of the factors that has a close relation with investigation. Theses as investigational tools,are still unknown in our country as a helpful means for investigators in various scientific and technological fields,and have numerous defects,for instance non_scientific method of writing;and unlike other scientific records that follow a special methodology ,there are no constant rules in writing theses. The objective of this research was to recognize variouse defects in writing investigational theses of the students and to define the most common problems and to present them to managers so that they could take measures to eliminate the problems and defects as desired. In this retrospective study,267 theses available in the"central library of Guilan University of Medical Sciences",written during 1370-75 by general practitioner graduates of the university,were studied using a scientifically designed evaluationalquestionaire (mostly derived from Vancover methodology),evaluating the thesis for complying with scientific basis of writing in all parts (abstract, introduction, materials and methods,results ,discussion and reference). The study findings were as follows:only 15.4% of theses were evaluated as excellent (expected), and the rest 84.6% were deficient at various degrees which were classified in terms of quality into good 29.9%,intermediate 34.8%,and bad 19.9%.The most defective parts were references and discussion, that by order 56.5% and 37.1% of the least defective part was the results in which 68.1% of theses were of excellent quallity. Regarding the spread and depth of the existing defects,it becomes clear that solving educational problems and preparing necessary possibilities,is not enough in raising the quality level of thesis writing and re-evaluation and fundamental modifications in conventional system of education are essential.