This survey should take approximatively five minutes to answer.
SECTION 1. General information

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* 1. What is your sex?

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* 2. What is your age?

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* 3. What is your highest academic degree obtained?

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* 4. Please indicate the country in which you received your education (last degree or specialization)

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* 5. Which is your current health professional profile?

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* 6. Please indicate the country in which you currently practice

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* 7. In what setting do you work?

SECTION 2: Which is your personal attitude toward, use of, and perceived benefits of scientific/research work?

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* 8. Scientific/research work is important for my daily clinical practice

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* 9. Which is your main field of interest in research?

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* 10. Please indicate the percentage of your total work time that you spend on scientific/research work during an average month (indicate a number between 0 and 100)

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* 11. How many articles do you review for a scientific journal per year?

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* 12. On average, how many peer-reviewed scientific publications per year are you involved in?

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* 13. On average, how many communications in congresses or scientific meetings per year do you do?

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* 14. What is your favorite way to you keep up to date with the latest scientific information? Please choose maximum 2 answers

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* 15. Scientific/research work can be favorable for my future career

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* 16. My employer supports me in my effort to do scientific/research work (i.e. resources, time)

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* 17. I can receive financial benefits by doing scientific/research work (i.e. from employer, national institutions)

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* 18. Please indicate maximum 3 barriers which may prevent you from doing scientific/research work

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* 19. Please indicate maximum 5 basic methodological principles that you estimate would be useful to your scientific/research work

SECTION 3. Personal competences in basic methodological principles in fundamental / clinical research
Please rate on a Likert scale from 1 (Very Poor) to 5 (Excellent) whether you estimate that you acquired the competences for each item of basic methodological principles during (1) your academic education, (2) after your academic education (additional training or courses) and (3) if you are confident in your ability to apply them.

1. Very Poor               2. Poor            3. Fair             4. Good           5. Excellent

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* 20. Identify relevant research

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* 21. Critically appraise literature

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* 22. Synthesize evidence

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* 23. Design a study and define a level of evidence

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* 24. Be familiar with regulatory concerns / evaluate need of ethical approval for a study

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* 25. Write a study protocol

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* 26. Calculate sample size and effect size

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* 27. Implement good clinical practices in research

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* 28. Conduct a study

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* 29. Statistical analyses

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* 30. Interprete clinical relevance

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* 31. Write a scientific manuscript and revise it

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* 32. Write an abstract for conferences

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* 33. Present a scientific study

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* 34. Review a paper

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