Publicación científica y características de las tesis de salud de universidades del departamento de Puno, Perú

Abstract

en salud e identificar sus características, se realizó un estudio transversal observacional en un conjunto de 482 tesis aprobadas entre 2016 y 2018 en carreras de salud de cuatro universidades del departamento de Puno. Las tesis correspondían a medicina (25,10 %), enfermería (46,50 %), nutrición (18,5 %) y psicología (10,00 %). Los resultados muestran que la mayor proporción de tesis fueron descriptivos (56,80 %) y de diseño no experimental (90,50 %); el 36,10 % involucró a la población hospitalaria y el 58,70 % utilizó una muestra de entre 51 a 200 participantes. Además, solo cinco tesis (1,00 %) se publicaron en alguna revista científica indexada. Se concluye que la frecuencia de publicación de tesis de pregrado en carreras de salud de las universidades de Puno, es muy baja, además, que las investigaciones tienen un diseño básico de poco alcance y que la mayoría de las muestras son pequeñas.

Barreras y limitaciones para publicar tesis de pregrado y factores asociados a la intención de publicarlas en un grupo de médicos recién egresados de universidades peruanas

“…Although there are no studies that evaluate the intention to publish undergraduate theses among newly graduated physicians, the frequency of publication of undergraduate theses in health science programs has been studied. In Peru, for example, Mamani-Benito et al 9 conducted a study in which they analyzed 482 theses approved between 2016 and 2018 carried out by health sciences students (medicine, nursing, nutrition, and psychology) from 4 universities in the department of Pun, finding a publication rate in indexed scientific journals of 1% (5 theses). 9 In turn, Taype-Rondán et al 10 reported that only 2.7% of the 74 undergraduate theses approved between 2000 and 2009 at the Faculty of Human Medicine of the Universidad San Martin de Porres were published.…”

“…In Peru, for example, Mamani-Benito et al 9 conducted a study in which they analyzed 482 theses approved between 2016 and 2018 carried out by health sciences students (medicine, nursing, nutrition, and psychology) from 4 universities in the department of Pun, finding a publication rate in indexed scientific journals of 1% (5 theses). 9 In turn, Taype-Rondán et al 10 reported that only 2.7% of the 74 undergraduate theses approved between 2000 and 2009 at the Faculty of Human Medicine of the Universidad San Martin de Porres were published. In the case of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Valle & Salvador, 12 in a bibliometric study that included 93 human medicine theses written between 1998 and 2008, found that only 11.8% of them were published in an indexed scientific journal.…”

“…It should be pointed out that while 42.52% of the respondents in the present study intended to publish their thesis, it is likely that this intention will not lead to a scientific publication since 11.38% reported being in the process of publishing it and only 2.40% reported having already published it, and this publication rate is similar to the one reported in some of the studies mentioned above. [9][10][11]13,17 It should also be noted that the period between the completion of the theses and the possibility of publishing them was short, so the final number of theses that were published may be underestimated. Moreover, it should be recognized that the universities evaluated are not the ones with the highest scientific production in Peru.…”

“…2,8 However, it has been reported that the frequency of publication of medical undergraduate theses in indexed journals in Peru is very low, ranging from 1% to 23.6%. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Likewise, Peruvian studies have identified barriers and limitations to the completion of theses by undergraduate medical students, which include administrative procedures, preparation and submission of the thesis, approval of the research protocol, request for the assignment of a thesis advisor, nomination of the thesis jury, 18,19 self-perceived lack of research knowledge, insufficient time or resources, 20 and unavailability of trained advisors. 21 However, there are no studies addressing the barriers and limitations perceived by new graduates regarding the publication of their theses, which is relevant both to understand the current context of medical programs and to implement measures aimed at encouraging the publication of undergraduate works in scientific journals.…”