TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting research in medical students and increasing scientific production in universities: Experience of the Undergraduate Thesis Workshop Course
AU - De La Cruz-Vargas, Jhony A.
AU - Correa-Lopez, Lucy E.
AU - Alatrista-Gutierrez de Bambaren, Maria del Socorro
AU - Sanchez Carlessi, Hector H.
AU - Luna Muñoz, Consuelo
AU - Loo Valverde, M.
AU - Cano Cardenas, Luis
AU - Gonzalez Menendez, Magdiel
AU - Salinas Salas, Cecilia
AU - Segura Nuñez, Patricia
AU - Alva Rodriguez, M.
AU - Morales Rezza, Eduardo
AU - Castillo Velarde, E.
AU - Oshiro Kanashiro, Susana
AU - Machado Nuñez, Alejandro
AU - Sanchez Padilla, D.
AU - Chanduvi Puicon, Willer
AU - Roldan Arbieto, Luis
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Introduction: Promoting research in medical students and increasing scientific production in the universities of Peru and Latin America is a priority and a necessity. Objective: To describe the design and application of the undergraduate thesis workshop course and its effectiveness in thesis production. Methods: A descriptive, comparative study, with analytical components, which included undergraduate students of the Human Medicine Faculty of the Universidad Ricardo Palma (Peru), during the years 2015, 2016, and 2017. The effectiveness indicators of the course were taken as: number of completed projects, number of undergraduate thesis dissertations approved, and number of completed manuscripts of articles. Results: A total of 460 students were included; 55% were women and 45% were men. Almost all (99%) of the students had no previous experience in research. The areas chosen by the students for the theses were: clinical 50%, surgical 30%, and public health 20%. We passed from an average of 6 theses per year to one of 150 theses per year with the introduction of the new university law and the completion of the workshop course. The indicators evaluated of the course showed an efficiency greater than 95%, P = .000. Conclusion: The workshop course proved to be an effective tool for contributing to the production of undergraduate theses in the Faculty of Human Medicine of the Universidad Ricardo Palma.
AB - Introduction: Promoting research in medical students and increasing scientific production in the universities of Peru and Latin America is a priority and a necessity. Objective: To describe the design and application of the undergraduate thesis workshop course and its effectiveness in thesis production. Methods: A descriptive, comparative study, with analytical components, which included undergraduate students of the Human Medicine Faculty of the Universidad Ricardo Palma (Peru), during the years 2015, 2016, and 2017. The effectiveness indicators of the course were taken as: number of completed projects, number of undergraduate thesis dissertations approved, and number of completed manuscripts of articles. Results: A total of 460 students were included; 55% were women and 45% were men. Almost all (99%) of the students had no previous experience in research. The areas chosen by the students for the theses were: clinical 50%, surgical 30%, and public health 20%. We passed from an average of 6 theses per year to one of 150 theses per year with the introduction of the new university law and the completion of the workshop course. The indicators evaluated of the course showed an efficiency greater than 95%, P = .000. Conclusion: The workshop course proved to be an effective tool for contributing to the production of undergraduate theses in the Faculty of Human Medicine of the Universidad Ricardo Palma.
KW - Biomedical research
KW - Medical education
KW - Medical students
KW - Research promotion
KW - Undergraduate thesis
KW - Universities
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U2 - 10.1016/j.edumed.2018.06.003
DO - 10.1016/j.edumed.2018.06.003
M3 - Article
SN - 1575-1813
VL - 20
SP - 199
EP - 205
JO - Educacion Medica
JF - Educacion Medica
IS - 4
ER -
