Abstract

Objective: To determine the faculty member’s perception about the individual factors contributing to research productivity in Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Lahore Medical College.
Methodology: In this descriptive study, 100 faculty members participated. Study time period was from January to June 2021 and convenient sampling technique was used. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.
Results: Out of 100 members, 34% were male and 66% female. Mean score of all the individual factors was 3.57± 0.44. Male participants managed to take time for research activities more (M=3.52) as compared with females (M=2.97) (p=0.016). More males managed to publish their articles in international journals. This difference was statistically significant (p=0.040).
Conclusion: Time management for research activities, international publications and grant getting skills were major constraints faced by the faculty and negatively influenced research culture.

Key words: Individual factors, research culture, globalization, health professionals.