Peña Adolfo, Paco Ofelia, Peralta Carlos
a San Marcos National University, Lima -Perú.
Med Educ Online. 2002 Dec;7(1):4534. doi: 10.3402/meo.v7i.4534.
All sciences share a common underlying epistemological domain, which gives grounds to and characterizes their nature and actions. Insofar as physicians depend on scientific knowledge, it would be helpful to assess their knowledge regarding some theoretical foundations of science.
A questionnaire was administered to 161 resident physicians at three hospitals in Lima, Peru.
237 resident physicians were selected, 161 (68%) of whom agreed to answer the survey. 67% of respondents indicated they did not know what epistemology is, 21% were able to correctly define epistemology; 24% of the residents knew the appropriate definition of scientific theory. No respondents knew the philosophical presumptions of science; and 48% took a relativistic stand towards knowledge.
There appear to be deficiencies in the knowledge of scientific theoretical foundations among physicians.
所有科学都共享一个共同的潜在认识论领域，该领域为它们的本质和行为提供依据并加以表征。鉴于医生依赖科学知识，评估他们关于科学的一些理论基础的知识会有所帮助。
对秘鲁利马三家医院的161名住院医师进行了问卷调查。
选取了237名住院医师，其中161名（68%）同意回答调查。67%的受访者表示他们不知道认识论是什么，21%能够正确定义认识论；24%的住院医师知道科学理论的恰当定义。没有受访者了解科学的哲学假设；48%的人对知识持相对主义立场。
医生在科学理论基础的知识方面似乎存在不足。
