Los estudios de trayectorias académicas y profesionales, contribuciones al estado del arte / Studies on the academic and professional trajectories, contribution to the state-of-art

En este artículo se mencionan las características de una investigación que está en proceso de elaboración y que tiene el propósito de estudiar las trayectorias académicas y profesionales de tres generaciones de alumnos (2006, 2007 y 2008) que realizan los estudios de Especialización en Enfermería, en sus diversas orientaciones a través del Plan Único de Especialización en Enfermería (PUEE). Si bien se trata de una investigación preponderantemente de corte cuantitativo, se han reservado algunos aspectos para ser tratados en forma cualitativa. Se incluyen de manera sobresaliente los datos que aportó la primera fase de su elaboración, es decir la conformación de un estado del arte. Se adelantan los rubros que los instrumentos de investigación reúnen y cuya aplicación se ha realizado por ahora, para el caso de la cohorte 2006 y parcialmente en la del 2007.

In this article are mentionated the characteristics of a research in process and which purpose is to study the academic and professional life of three generations (2006, 2007 and 2008). The students make or made their specialization in different branches of nursering through a syllabus called in Spanish Plan Único de Especialización en Enfermería (PUEE). Even though this research deals mainly with cuantitative aspects, some aspects have been reserved for their study based on a cualitative approach. The data from the first phase of researching are included, that is the antecedents. Also the characteristics of the research instruments applied to generation 2006 and 2007 are presented.

Three-Year Follow Up of Medical Students Toward Awareness for Oriental Medicine / 日本東洋医学雑誌

An Oriental (Kampo) medicine awareness survey was given to two student groups at Nara Medical University, for 3 years (2003-2005). One group consisted of 59 second-year students, 81 third-year students, and 77 fourth-year students, while the other group consisted of 72 third-year students, 51 fourth-year students, and 34 fifth-year students. Both student groups received Kampo lectures in 2004. Student's interest increased through 2003 to 2005 from 85.4%, to 82.5% and 94.6% respectively, as they gained a more positive image of Oriental medicine year by year. They also came to understand that Oriental medicine efficacy differs, from that of western medicine. On the other hand, those students showing little interest had less knowledge Kampo medicine philosophies. Female students held a higher positive image of Kampo medicine, than they had before the surveys. But the degree of disagreement between male and female students was not so largely altered, as all students advanced through medical school. Most believed that Oriental medicine will play a more important role in the future, and that Oriental (Kampo) medicine lectures are an important part of their medical education. Therefore, it is essential that medical students are given more exposure to Kampo medicine, through further meetings and lectures. In addition, Kampo medicine needs to be demonstrated, both clinically and in principle, as a complementary and alternative medical philosophy to those students and doctors who still maintain a negative image.