What Physicians Know about Statistics in Saudi Arabia - Open Journal of Social Sciences

JSS > Vol.8 No.1, January 2020

What Physicians Know about Statistics in Saudi Arabia ()

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2020.81021 535 Downloads 1,286 Views

Author(s)

Hella O. Alothman^1*, Emad Masuadi², Tariq Alothman³, Samiah Almehmadi³, Mohammed H. Alenazi³, Raghad Alothman⁴, Mazen S. Ferwana⁵

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, KSA.
²Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, KSA.
³Riyadh, KSA.
⁴Medical College, Riyadh, KSA.
⁵Family Medicine, King Saud bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences; National & Gulf Center for Evidence Based Health Practice, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Family Medicine & Primary Healthcare Department, King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard—Health Affairs, Riyadh, KSA.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Statistics is a science that deals with collecting, managing, summarizing, and presenting data. An adequate understanding will help in making decisions [1]. Physicians were found to have limited knowledge of statistics. Objective: To assess the knowledge, familiarity, and competency of statistical concepts among physicians. Methods: It’s a cross-sectional study that was conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A convenient sample of 440 physicians was identified and contacted through a digital survey. A questionnaire was used to obtain statistical familiarity and competency among physicians. Results: This study found that more than half of the participants were interested in research with at least one publication. More than half learned statistics in undergraduate and postgraduate years. Physicians were found to have limited competency toward statistical concepts. Conclusion: Physicians were found to have sufficient information about the basic principles of statistics which are commonly used in medical research articles. Steps should be taken to educate trainees by conducting revisions, and statistical courses.

KEYWORDS

Statistics, Calculation, Physicians, Saudi Arabia

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Alothman, H. , Masuadi, E. , Alothman, T. , Almehmadi, S. , Alenazi, M. , Alothman, R. and Ferwana, M. (2020) What Physicians Know about Statistics in Saudi Arabia. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 8, 282-294. doi: 10.4236/jss.2020.81021.

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