Publication of summaries presented at the scientific congresses of medical students, Peru 2002-2009: characteristics and related factors

Authors

  • Luis Miguel Toro-Polo Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. Lima, Perú. Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (SOCIEMUPC). Lima, Perú. Estudiante de medicina.
  • Reneé Pereyra-Elías Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. Lima, Perú. Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (SOCIEMUPC). Lima, Perú. Estudiante de medicina.
  • Ayar Nizama-Vía Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. Lima, Perú. Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (SOCIEMUPC). Lima, Perú. Estudiante de medicina.
  • Luis Fernando Ng-Sueng Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. Lima, Perú. Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (SOCIEMUPC). Lima, Perú. Estudiante de medicina.
  • Eduardo Vélez-Segovia Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. Lima, Perú. Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina de la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (SOCIEMUPC). Lima, Perú. Estudiante de medicina.
  • Edén Galán-Rodas Seguro Social de Salud (EsSalud). Lima, Perú. médico cirujano.
  • Percy Mayta-Tristán Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas. Lima, Perú. médico cirujano.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2012.294.389

Keywords:

Research, Congresses, Meeting abstracts, Scientific and technical publications, Medical students

Abstract

Objectives. To determine the publication rate of abstracts submitted at the national scientific meetings of medical students in Peru between 2002 and 2009, and associated factors. Materials and methods. A retrospective cohort was performed; the characteristics of overall abstract submitted were assessed. In addition, whether they were published in scientific journals was determined by way of a search strategy validated using Google Scholar. Crude and adjusted relative risks (RR) were calculated using Poisson regression with robust variance to assess association with the analyzed factors. Results. 532 abstracts were analyzed, 52 (9.8%) of which were published in scientific journals after their presentation at a scientific meeting. All of them were published in Peruvian journals written in Spanish. The most important journal in which they were published was Ciencia e Investigación Médica Estudiantil Latinoamericana (CIMEL) (13/52). The median of publication time was 13 months (range: 0-75). The fact that a student from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (RR: 5.18; CI95%:2.3-11.6) is the author of the abstract and that the abstract was collaboratively written by students from two universities (RR: 3.64; CI95%:1.1-11.7) are associated factors in the multivariate analysis. Conclusions. The publication rate of abstract submitted at national scientific meetings of medical students in Peru is low. New strategies should be taken, and the existing ones should be reinforced in order to increase the publication rate of the abstract submitted.

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2014-02-05

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Toro-Polo LM, Pereyra-Elías R, Nizama-Vía A, Ng-Sueng LF, Vélez-Segovia E, Galán-Rodas E, et al. Publication of summaries presented at the scientific congresses of medical students, Peru 2002-2009: characteristics and related factors. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2014 Feb. 5 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];29(4). Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/389

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