Del prestigio al indicador / From prestige to the indicator

Resumen Aumenta así la presión por publicar, pero en formatos definidos, estandarizados, esto, en tanto se debe publicar en revistas indexadas y sobre todo, indexadas en bases bibliográficas de impacto, este es un sistema que no escapa a la lógica capitalista monopolizadora que viene impactando directamente el quehacer investigativo universitario, el imaginario de prestigio y la construcción de conocimiento ubicado y de sentido, todo este panorama afecta por supuesto, el Ethos de la ciencia.

Abstract The pressure for publishing in defined and standardized formats mounts. This is due to the fact that articles should be published in indexed journals, but especially in impact bibliographic databases.This is a system, which cannot escape the monopolizing capitalist logic. This issue has been directly affecting the academic research endeavor, the view of prestige, and the construction of located and meaningful knowledge. All this outlook, by the way, affects the Ethos of science.

Research advances in prevention and treatment of cerebral radiation necrosis / 中华放射肿瘤学杂志

Cerebral radiation necrosis (CRN) is a serious complication of radiotherapy for intracranial tumors and skull base tumors.Since there lacked effective therapeutic methods in the past,CRN was once considered to be progressive and irreversible.With the development of histopathology and neuroimaging,the development and progression of CRN is gradually clarified,and new therapeutic methods have been developed.In recent years,the scholars at home and abroad have tried to use bevacizumab (a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting vascular endothelial growth factor),nerve growth factor,and ganglioside in the treatment of CRN and have achieved definite therapeutic effects.In some patients,cerebral necrosis was even repaired and reversed.This article reviews the incidence,pathophysiology,treatment,and prognosis of CRN.

Valorização por pós-graduandos dos papéis do professor de ciências da saúde / Valuation by graduated students of the roles of the health sciences teacher

Introdução: No passado, idealmente, o Professor de Ciências da Saúde deveria ser conferencista exímio e ter grande competência profissional. Atualmente, os papéis de um “bom professor” são mais amplos. O estudo foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de verificar se este novo conceito está disseminado entre pós-graduandos, coletando suas opiniões sobre o valor de múltiplos papéis. Método: Opiniões de 92 pós-graduandos foram colhidas por meio de questionário, autoadministrado, contendo 13 itens relacionados com as principais atribuições do Professor de Ciências da Saúde: administrador institucional; avaliador de alunos; avaliador de cursos; captador de recursos materiais externos, para a instituição; gerador de novos conhecimentos; membro ativo da estrutura universitária; modelo de atitudes, valores e crenças; planejador de cursos/currículos; produtor de material didático; profissional hábil e competente; provedor de informações na prática médica; provedor de informações para o aluno em aulas formais; tutor/facilitador. As respostas foram registradas em escala Likert de 5 pontos, sendo o ponto 1 correspondente a “sem importância” e o ponto 5 a “muito importante”. Resultados: O papel mais valorizado foi o de “gerador de novos conhecimentos”, seguido dos papéis de “avaliador de alunos” e de “provedor de informações em aulas formais”. E os menos valorizados foram: “tutor”, “modelo de atitudes valores e crenças” e “captador de recursos para a instituição”. Conclusão: Os resultados indicam que há necessidade de inclusão, nos Programas de Pós-Graduação, de maior número de atividades formativas que ampliem a visão dos mestrandos e doutorandos sobre os múltiplos papéis do moderno professor de ciências da saúde.

Background: In the past, the Professor of Health Sciences was ideally supposed to be a distinguished lecturer with high professional competence. Today, the roles of a “good teacher” have expanded. The objective of the present study was to determine whether this new concept is disseminated among postgraduate students, whose opinions about the values of multiple roles were surveyed. Method: The opinions of 92 postgraduate students were collected with a self-administered questionnaire containing 13 items related to the major attributions of a Professor of Health Sciences: institutional administrator; evaluator of students; evaluator of courses; fund raiser for external financial resources, for the institution; generator of new knowledge; active member of the university structure; role model for actions, values and beliefs; planner of courses/syllabi; producer of teaching material; skilled and competent professional; provider of information in medical practice; provider of information for the students in formal classes; tutor/facilitator. The replies were scored on a 5-point Likert scale, with point 1 corresponding to “not important” and point 5 to “very important”. Results: The most valued role was that of “generator of new knowledge”, followed by “evaluator of students” and “provider of information in formal classes’. And the least valued roles were: “tutor”, “role model for attitudes, values and beliefs”, and “fund raiser for external financial resources, for the institution”. Conclusion: The results indicate the need to include a larger number of educational activities in order to expand the view of Masters and Doctoral students regarding the multiple roles of modern Professors of Health Sciences.