Interés, conocimientos, recursos y limitaciones de los estudiantes de la carrera de Medicina de la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil en la Investigación Científica, semestre B, 2014.

Abstract

Introduction: Research has always existed in the context of the university, but in recent years it has had a great relevance in medical students. Objective: To analyze the level of interest, knowledge, resources and limitations of the students of the medical career in the area of Scientific Research. Methodology: The present study has a descriptive, retrospective design with a sample stratified by cycle (N = 304) that correspond to the students of the last five cycles of the medical career to which a survey was applied divided into seven items specifically designed for the study regarding interests, knowledge, resources and limitations among students of the medical career in terms of scientific research. Results: 78.95% (n = 240) of the study population has the capacity to deduce that a research topic is relevant, a 61.51% (n = 187) continuously read publications on the web, but 45.39% (n = 138) have a problem to define the experimental design of a research paper, 82.84% (n = 251) affirm that graduates do not have training to investigate, 66.78% know that there is a virtual library platform of the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil (UCSG), and 1.32% (n = 4) have published in indexed peer reviewed journals. Conclusions: The participation of undergraduate students in UCSG research projects is of vital importance as well as forming groups that allow them to improve their knowledge and attitudes towards scientific research.