%0 Journal Article %T Knowledge and perception regarding clinical trials among doctors of government medical colleges: A questionnaire-based study %A Lily Dubey %A Lisa Barman %A Manisha Das %A Richeek Pradhan %A Suparna Chatterjee %A Supriyo Choudhury %A Tanmoy Biswas %J Archive of "Perspectives in Clinical Research". %D 2016 %R 10.4103/2229-3485.179433 %X By virtue of being a specialized field by itself, the science of clinical trials (CTs) may not be well understood by doctors who are not specifically trained in it. A lack of knowledge may translate to a negative perception toward CT. With the idea of getting a situational snapshot, we estimated the knowledge and perception of CTs among doctors from government medical colleges of West Bengal who are not trained on CT in their postgraduate curriculum. Several determinants of knowledge and perception regarding CT were also evaluated %K Clinical research %K clinical trial %K ethics %K knowledge %K perception %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4840798/