| Abstract | Cilj istraživanja
Cilj ovog presječnog istraživanja bio je ispitati je li format diplomskih radova obranjenih na integriranom Studiju dentalne medicine Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Splitu u skladu s IMRaD strukturom izvornih znanstvenih članaka s obzirom na dužine glavnih cjelina u tekstu diplomskog rada – Uvoda, Metoda, Rezultata i Rasprave.
Materijali i metode
Iz digitalnog akademskog arhiva i repozitorija DABAR prikupljeno je 150 diplomskih radova obranjenih na integriranom Studiju dentalne medicine Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Splitu u razdoblju od 2016. do 2021. godine. Dužine cjelina diplomskih radova (Uvod, Ciljevi istraživanja, Metode, Rezultati, Rasprava, Zaključak, Sažetak na hrvatskom jeziku, Sažetak na engleskom jeziku) iskazane su brojem riječi, a dužina IMRaD strukture zbrojem riječi Uvoda, Metoda, Rezultata i Rasprave. Podatci su analizirani opisnom statistikom i linearnom regresijom (jednostavna i višestruka).
Rezultati
U prosjeku po godini je obranjeno 25 diplomskih radova (25 ±1,88) pri čemu najviše u 2019. godini (31 rad), a najmanje u 2018. godini (18 radova). Prema granama dentalne medicine, najzastupljenije su bile teme iz Oralne medicine, Endodoncije i restaurativne dentalne medicine, Protetike te Dječje i preventivne dentalne medicine (105 radova, 70%) pri čemu je bilo najviše diplomskih radova s temama iz Oralne medicine (32 rada, 21,33%). S dužinom IMRaD strukture najjače korelira dužina Uvoda (R = 0,819; R2 = 0,671), potom Rezultata (R = 0,768; R2 = 0,589), dok su dužine Rasprave (R = 0,592; R2 = 0,351) i Metoda (R = 0,197; R2 = 0,039) slabo ili nikako povezane s dužinom IMRaD strukture. U prosjeku, Uvod zauzima malo manje od polovice prostora unutar IMRaD strukture (48,08% ± 11,69%) kod svih pregledanih diplomskih radova.
Zaključak
Format diplomskih radova obranjenih na integriranom Studiju dentalne medicine Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Splitu nije u skladu s IMRaD strukturom izvornih znanstvenih članaka s obzirom na nesrazmjerno dug Uvod unutar IMRaD strukture. |
| Abstract (english) | Objective
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate whether the format of diploma theses defended in the undergraduate Study of Dental Medicine, University of Split School of Medicine, is compatible with the IMRaD structure of original research papers, considering the relative length of IMRaD sections - Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion.
Materials and methods
150 diploma theses, defended between 2016 and 2021 from undergraduate Study of Dental Medicine at The School of Medicine University of Split between 2016. and 2021, have been collected from The Digital Academic Archives and Repositories DABAR. The length of each section of the thesis (Introduction, Research Objectives, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Summary in Croatian and English) was expressed as the number of words. The length of the IMRaD structure was calculated as the total word count of Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion sections. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and linear regression.
Results
On average, 25 theses were defended per year (25 ±1.88). The majority of theses were clinical research reports, with topics in oral pathology, endodontics and restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, and pediatric dentistry (105 theses, 70%) being the most common. The highest correlation with the length of the IMRaD structure in theses was observed for the Introduction (R = 0.819; R2 = 0.671), followed by the Results (R = 0.768; R2 = 0.589), whereas weak and no correlation were observed for the Discussion (R = 0.592; R2 = 0.351) and Methods (R = 0.197; R2 = 0.039), respectively. On average, the Introduction occupied almost half of the length of the IMRaD structure (48.08% ± 11.69%).
Conclusion
The format of diploma theses defended in the undergraduate Study of Dental Medicine at The School of Medicine University of Split is not compatible to the IMRaD structure of the original research papers, as the introduction is disproportionately long compared to other sections of the IMRaD structure. |
