Backes Vânia Marli Schubert, do Prado Marta Lenise, Lino Mônica Motta, Ferraz Fabiane, Reibnitz Kenya Schmidt, Canever Bruna Pedroso
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2012 Apr;46(2):436-42. doi: 10.1590/s0080-62342012000200023.
The aim of this study is to characterize the organization of nursing education research groups in Brazil. This is a quantitative, descriptive and documentary study. Census data for 2006 were collected from the CNPq database website. Brazil has 47 education research groups, comprised of 412 researchers, of whom 91% have masters, doctoral or postdoctoral degrees. There are 307 students, of whom 92% are nursing undergraduates. However, only 9% are recipients of young investigator grants. There are also 112 technicians, of whom 75% are nursing professionals; 46% have a masters or doctoral degree. In Brazil, there are a considerable number of nursing education research groups, which contribute significantly to scientific production of nursing knowledge in Latin America. In this scenario, there are many challenges to be overcome: poor interdisciplinary cooperation; limited integration between education and practice; low number of grants awarded to young investigators and significant inequalities between the country's geographic regions in terms of access to research development.
