A Needs Assessment in Research Methodology of Naval Medical Department Personnel

The purpose of this descriptive research was to study the needs for Naval Medical Department personnel to understand research methodology. The 324 samples consisted of physicians, dentists, pharmacologists, medical technicians, physiologists, psychologists, radiologists, nutritionists, social workers, professional nurses and technical nurses who were recruited by stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire consisted of 2 parts: a 5-rating scale and dual response items. The instrument was tested for content validity using 5 experts, and the reliability of the instrument was equal to 0.99. To analyze the data, the descriptive statistics andPNIModified.were used for needs assessment. The findings were: 1. The need for information about research methodology, using both detailed andoverall scores, included the statistics used and data analysis, research project management, and publication. 2. The need for information about the research introduction aspect included the operational definition of variables writing and variables identification 3. The need for information about the research design aspect included the qualitative research, the future research and the research and development. 4. The need for information about the statistics used and the data analysis aspect included the nonparametric statistics and discriminant analysis. 5. The need for information about the data analysis presentation, conclusions and findings discussion aspect included the data analysis presentation and the conclusions and findings discussion. 6. The need for information about the research publication aspect included the research article writing and the presentation in academic conference. 7. The need for information about the research project management aspect included research project writing for receiving the grants and the research funding agencies