Reyes H
Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Experimental Oriente, Santiago.
Rev Med Chil. 1995 Jun;123(6):773-6.
The universities have a leading role and responsibility in the scientific education of future professionals. Scientific research training should be considered essential in the teaching of professionals in areas such as biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and in medicine. During the recent years, Chilean universities seem to have focused their undergraduate curricular activities into pragmatic aspects of professional practice and the relevance of involving undergraduate students in high-level scientific research receives little consideration. While resources provided by the government to scientific and technological research in Chile are slowly but gradually increasing, the participation of undergraduate students in specific research projects conducted by faculty members is minimal. The author proposes that this situation could be modified if the students are stimulated to participate in these research projects by receiving preferential scores when their elective activities are devoted to it.
大学在未来专业人员的科学教育中发挥着主导作用并承担着相应责任。在生物学、化学、物理学、数学以及医学等领域的专业教学中，科研训练应被视为必不可少的环节。近年来，智利的大学似乎将本科课程活动集中在了专业实践的务实方面，而让本科生参与高水平科研的相关性却很少得到考虑。虽然智利政府为科技研究提供的资源在缓慢但逐步增加，但本科生参与教师开展的特定研究项目的情况却微乎其微。作者提议，如果学生在将选修活动用于参与这些研究项目时能获得优惠分数以激励他们参与，这种情况可能会得到改善。
