Table 3.

Comparison of attitudes regarding research interest for respondents in second and fourth year medical school

	Agreement* from 2nd Year Students N = 185	Agreement* from 4th Year Students N = 142	P value for trend**
Involved in research to facilitate admission to residency	37%	51%	0.274
Research will be a part of long-term career goals	38%	53%	0.041
Involved in research because of interest in the field	48%	65%	0.033
No interest in research	27%	18%	0.026
Research is not relevant to medical education	17%	18%	0.665
Research should not be an important criteria for acceptance to residency	66%	55%	0.008
Mandatory research time should be set in medical school curriculum	34%	46%	0.328

*Responses 4 and 5 in 5-point Likert scale were grouped as "agreement" for reporting purposes.

**Mann-Whitney test between responses of 5-point Likert scale