Valladares-Garrido Mario J, Mejia Christian R, Rojas-Alvarado Annel B, Araujo-Chumacero Mary M, Córdova-Agurto Jhacksson S, Fiestas Jessica, Rojas-Vilar Feeder J, Culquichicón Carlos
Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, Peru.
Instituto de Evaluación de Tecnologías en Salud e Investigación-IETSI, EsSalud, Lima, Peru.
F1000Res. 2020 Nov 24;9:1365. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.26596.2. eCollection 2020.
Scientific publication during medical training is key to promoting enduring cutting-edge knowledge. The promotion of science among medical students in Latin America is a multisectoral issue that is hampered by the lack of governmental knowledge to invest in national research, as well as by the lack of support from local universities. This study aims to determine the factors associated with the production of a scientific publication during medical training among Latin American medical students of local scientific societies. This is a secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional study conducted in 2016 that assessed the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among medical students from 40 local scientific societies of medical students affiliated with FELSOCEM. Teams from each local scientific society surveyed self-reported scientific publications and explored their association with socioeconomic, academic, and research training conditions. We applied nested models to identify the covariates associated with self-reported scientific publication, obtaining a parsimonious mixed-effects multilevel model grouped by medical scientific society. Of 11,587 participants, the prevalence of scientific publications increased in 36% among medical students affiliated to a Scientific Society of Medical Students [parsimonious prevalence ratio (pPR)=1.36, 95%CI=1.16-1.59], 51% among medical students with advanced English proficiency [pPR=1.51, 95%CI=1.21 - 1.87], 85% among medical students who attended a scientific writing skills course [pPR=1.85, 95%CI=1.59-2.15], 81% among medical students who use Sci-Hub [pPR=1.81, 95%CI=1.50-2.20], and 108% among medical students who have access to a pirated academic account [pPR=2.08, 95%CI=1.83-2.36]. Producing a scientific publication among medical students is associated with being affiliated to a scientific society of medical students, English proficiency, training in scientific writing, use of Sci-Hub, and pirated academic accounts. The results will help clinical educators and medical programs improve resources for training students in high-quality research.
医学培训期间的科学出版物是促进持久前沿知识的关键。在拉丁美洲医学生中推广科学是一个多部门问题，受到政府缺乏对国家研究投资的知识以及当地大学缺乏支持的阻碍。本研究旨在确定拉丁美洲当地科学协会的医学生在医学培训期间与科学出版物产出相关的因素。这是对2016年进行的一项横断面研究的二次数据分析，该研究评估了来自与FELSOCEM相关的40个当地医学生科学协会的医学生对信息和通信技术（ICT）的使用情况。每个当地科学协会的团队调查了自我报告的科学出版物，并探讨了它们与社会经济、学术和研究培训条件的关联。我们应用嵌套模型来识别与自我报告的科学出版物相关的协变量，得到了一个按医学科学协会分组的简约混合效应多层次模型。在11587名参与者中，隶属于医学生科学协会的医学生中科学出版物的患病率增加了36%[简约患病率比（pPR）=1.36，95%置信区间=1.16 - 1.59]，英语水平较高的医学生中增加了51%[pPR=1.51，95%置信区间=1.21 - 1.87]，参加过科学写作技能课程的医学生中增加了85%[pPR=1.85，95%置信区间=1.59 - 2.15]，使用Sci-Hub的医学生中增加了81%[pPR=1.81，95%置信区间=1.50 - 2.20]，能够访问盗版学术账户的医学生中增加了108%[pPR=2.08，95%置信区间=1.83 - 2.36]。医学生产出科学出版物与隶属于医学生科学协会、英语水平、科学写作培训、使用Sci-Hub以及盗版学术账户有关。这些结果将有助于临床教育工作者和医学项目改善培训学生进行高质量研究的资源。
