Participacion de estudiantes de pregrado de medicina en revistas medicas y academicas colombianas indexadas en Publindex, categorias A1 y A2, en el periodo 2009-2012: revision sistematica de la literatura

• Published in: Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2014-01, Vol.62 (1), p.9
• Main Authors: Juan Pablo Alzate Granados, Mónica Caicedo Roa, Diana Milena Saboyá Romero, Juan Camilo Pulido, Hernando Guillermo Gaitán Guarte
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Academic achievement; College students; Health education
• ISSN: 0120-0011; 2357-3848

Background. Training in research divides in formative research and scientific research. Its application defines relevant research problems and generate new knowledge. Superior academic institutions link undergraduate medicine students to integrate them into the academic research processes; these processes encourage skills to become developers. However, there is no information in Colombia about the participation of medicine students in indexed journal publications. Objective. To evaluate the level of participation of undergraduate students in medical journals and academic Colombian publications indexed in A1 and A2 categories of Colcienciass Publindex system. Materials and methods. Qualitative systematic review of literature. The research involved medical journals indexed at Colcienciass Publindex system, qualied in category A1, two A2 journals with the highest impact index, two journals with the highest number of visits in the SciELO database and two academic journals including undergraduate medicine students. The evaluation included the participation of undergraduate students in published manuscripts of the journals evaluated, the type of epidemiological designs mostly employees, knowledge areas where undergraduate students have participated and the students academic afliation. Results. The journals evaluated were: Biomdica, Colombia mdica, Revista de Salud Pblica and Revista colombiana de psiquiatra, in A1 category; Revista colombiana de anestesiologa, Revista gerencia y polticas en Salud, Revista colombiana de obstetricia y ginecologa, Revista colombiana de gastroenterologa, Iatreia and Revista de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Nacional, in A2 category. The evaluation took 1738 items, involving 7212 authors, 122 (7.02%) with undergraduate participation. The most commonly used epidemiological design for undergraduates was the cross section (33.6%). Universities with the highest percentage of students participation were the Universidad de Antioquia (22.95%), Universidad Nacional de Colombia (10.66%) and the Universidad del Valle (10.66%). Conclusions. The participation of undergraduate students in academic medical and academic journals is generally low (7.02%) in the processes of scientic research. It is expected that journals and higher education institutions strengthen their processes to motivate students to link to research processes from early stages of training, because health research is very important for professionals in the role of con