Institutions of Higher Education seek to instil in their students the scientific competencies throughout the guidance of different included courses in their curriculums. However, the assimilation of diverse methodologies evidence the lack of development of those scientific competencies necessary for professionals to be graduated and therefore required by the labour market. This research examines the research competencies of students of higher education sample (N=189) to determine their appreciation towards scientific competencies they consider to have developed in both their educational processes. The results prove the perception of subjects in respect to the development of interpersonal and intrapersonal skills, decision-making, problem-solving and acquisition of scientific competences, the basic ones; use of technology, appropriation of new knowledge, self-learning and search of information, specialized competences, drafting of reports, design of articles, presentations, development of degree works and definition of new projects. The application of ANOVA detects that there are significant differences according to the gender of subjects on competencies referred to the search of physical information where women stand out, and reading comprehension of documents in English where men stand out. Besides, it’s demonstrated that these competences contribute to students’ critical thinking. IES required to include research as mechanism to strengthen the education. Key words: scientific competences, higher education, research training, scientific competencies, labour market.

Resumen El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la calidad en los servicios de salud en Bucaramanga y su área metropolitana, durante el periodo 2011-2015, a través de 17 indicadores del Ministerio de Salud de Colombia. En estos indicadores, la dimensión de la calidad presenta tres cualidades definidas: 1) efectividad, 2) seguridad y 3) experiencia de la atención. Se encontraron problemáticas en la calidad del uso de los recursos destinados a la salud en Bucaramanga y su área metropolitana, que están relacionados con tales indicadores. Bucaramanga y Floridablanca, por término medio, son los municipios con mayores dificultades relacionados con tasas de oportunidad en la asignación de citas médicas en las distintas especialidades, así como las tasas de mortalidad de los indicadores evaluados. Esto se debió principalmente a las condiciones geográficas y la ubicación del mayor número de clínicas y centros hospitalarios.