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Objective: To determine knowledge/Experience, attitudes and barriers of postgraduate physiotherapy students in extracurricular research activity. Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional study was done from April to October 2019 using convenient sampling technique. All Postgraduate Physiotherapy Students graduated within 2 to 5 years, both genders, currently working in health care management were enrolled. A self-made questionnaire was distributed among 163 students online/manually in Lahore and Islamabad Universities. The validity of the questionnaire is 0.92. The data were analyzed using SPSS Version 20. Results: Majority of participants had knowledge and positive attitude toward extracurricular research activities. Approximately 68% of the students were aware of extracurricular research while others stayed neutral. The major barriers which were faced in research activities were unavailability of mentors (73.6%), and lack of time (61.3%). Conclusion: Majority of participants had knowledge and positive attitude towards extracurricular research activities.

Momal Khan, Umer Maqsood, Nadia Saleem, Tahir Mahmood, Hafiz Sheraz Arshad. (2021) Knowledge, experience, attitude and barriers of postgraduate physiotherapy students toward extracurricular research activities, , Volume-46, Issue-1.
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