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The pursuit of a doctoral degree is a challenging process that can have a negative impact on the wellbeing of PhD students. Therefore, the aim here is to offer a systematic review of the current state of the literature on wellbeing among PhD students and the variables it involves in order to build an integrative model that will enrich future research. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology for systematic reviews has been used to lay out the process in a flow diagram. We systematically review studies up to 2021 (N = 38) published on the Web of Science and SCOPUS databases. The results show the current state of the literature on wellbeing in PhD students, the characteristics of the studies (location, study design, and sample), how the literature defines the concept, the variables involved, the study limitations, and future perspectives to improve the quality of life of doctoral students. Finally, a comprehensive approach to the topic is presented in an integrative model that encompasses all variables identified in the literature and offers a guide for future research.
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Objective: In order to be allowed to use the title "Dr. med." in Germany, an independent scientific achievement under the supervision of an established scientist is necessary. The research question, analysis and results are essentially carried out and developed independently by the doctoral student. The doctorate serves as proof that the doctoral candidate is capable of independent academic work. The acquisition of scientific skills and knowledge is of particular importance in medicine, as Germany´s international competitiveness is based on the education of today´s young academics. Fair conditions and uniform quality standards for doctoral studies are therefore indispensable to attract future young scientists at an early stage. Methods: The currently valid doctoral regulations of the medical faculties in Germany were analysed with regards to the following target criteria; update date, dissertation language, possibility of publication-based dissertation and its details (number of first and total authorships, publication organ), knowledge of methods and consideration of "Good Medical Practice" (GMP), plagiarism check, review process and disputation. Results: All faculties with the right to award doctorates, and, thus 40 valid regulations were included in the analysis. This revealed a great divergence in the requirements for doctoral candidates. Although a publication-based doctorate is now possible at 93% (n=37) of the faculties, in addition to the monographic dissertation, the required first and total authorships vary from one required first authorship (n=26, 70%) to two or three first authorships (n=5, 14%), as well as some faculties having no information regarding the number of publications (n=6, 16%). The quality of the publication organ was not described in detail in seven faculties (19%). To ensure quality, requirements have increasingly been anchored in the regulations, so that 22 regulations (56%) now stipulate participation in courses on GMP or qualification programmes. The regulations leave a lot of room for manoeuvre in terms of content and do not allow for comparability of the conditions for preparing doctoral researchers. The specifications range from mere mention, to instruction, to compulsory course participation. Another means of quality assurance is the prevention of plagiarism through the applications of software systems. However, this simple and effective means is not yet mentioned in 65% of the regulations (n=26). While the other regulations make use of this possibility, it is not an obligatory application. A total of 34 regulations provide for the regular drawing up of a supervision agreement to define the rights and obligations of the actors involved. Conclusion: The analysis showed a divergent picture. Although imprecise regulations or gaps in information allow scope for design, they also prevent transparency. Despite revisions of many regulations in the past, these revisions have not led to any significant harmonisation. The implementation of standardised and structured doctoral programmes is desirable and could be tackled within the framework of the planned amendment of medical studies. This opens up the possibility of dealing efficiently with the scarce resource of time in the face of competing curriculum content and of making a doctoral project more attractive to potential young scientists at an early stage.
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Education, Medical , Physicians , Humans , Faculty, Medical , Germany , CurriculumABSTRACT
La realización de una tesis doctoral en Ciencias de la Salud es un proceso largo en el tiempo y laborioso en su ejecución. Como técnica de aprendizaje para llevarla a cabo se ha utilizado una herramienta lúdica representada por el juego de la oca, en el que cada casilla contiene una etiqueta informativa de todos los pasos del proceso, así como los enlaces a los recursos necesarios para alcanzar con éxito la meta final: la lectura del trabajo de investigación para acceder al grado de Doctor. (AU)
Developing a doctoral thesis in Health Sciences is a long-term, laborious process. As a learning technique for carrying it out a playful tool represented by the goose game has been used, in which each box contains an informative label on every step of the process, as well as links to the resources needed to successfully achieve the final goal: present a research-based oral dissertation to obtain a PhD degree. (AU)
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Humans , Health Sciences/education , Play and Playthings , Academic Dissertations as Topic , Guidelines as Topic , Information Products and ServicesABSTRACT
Background: Although the majority of medical students in Germany pursue a doctorate, only a portion of them receive a standardized scientific training, which is reflected in the quality issues seen in medical doctoral theses. The course Medical Dissertation Basics was conceptualized and scientifically monitored in order to support medical doctoral students on the one hand and to improve the quality of their scientific work on the other. Methodology: The course consists of three modules. Module I, which is an introductory module, covers time and writing management and addresses how to approach literature and the principles of scientific work as well as the chapters required in a dissertation and the dissertation presentation and defense. In the practical module II, doctoral students write sections of their dissertation chapters and receive feedback via peer and expert reviews. Module III includes training on dissertation presentations and their defense. For objective analysis purposes, a multiple-choice test was administered before and after module I. Medical students from semesters 2 to 6 served as a control group. Questionnaires were used to subjectively analyze the training and support functions of modules I-III. Results: High participation rates and the fact that the modules were taught numerous times show that doctoral students accept the courses. The objective analysis of module I showed a highly significant knowledge acquisition of the course group (N=55) in contrast to the control group (N=34). The doctoral students rated the course modules I-III with grades between 1.0 and 1.25 (grade A+/A; N=20-65 SD=0-0.44), felt well supported and estimated their learning success as high. Conclusion: The study indicates knowledge acquisition in module I and a high doctoral student satisfaction with all modules. For an objective analysis of modules II-III, a comparison of completed doctoral theses (course participants vs. non-participants) would be appropriate but would only make sense in a few years. Based on the results of our study, we recommend that other faculties implement similar courses.
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Physicians , Students, Medical , Curriculum , Germany , Humans , Surveys and Questionnaires , WritingABSTRACT
Ignaz Semmelweis' (1818-1865) discovery of the endemic causes of febris puerperalis is a striking example of the role of pathology in medicine. Transdisciplinarity encounters Semmelweis' biography, which is neither linear nor totally focused on medicine. He completed the philosophicum (artisterium), studying the septem artes liberales (1835-1837) in Pest, comprising humanities and natural science. After moving to Vienna, he began to study law, but turned to medicine as early as 1838. In 1844, he graduated with a botanical doctoral thesis composed in Neo-Latin, showing linguistic and stylistic talent and a broad knowledge of gynecology and obstetrics. The style and topoi demonstrate the interchangeability of what he learnt during his propaedeuticum. Nowadays, hardly anyone is familiar with this booklet, for two main reasons: the language choice and the life-saving impact of the physician's opus magnum on the reasons for puerperal fever (Die Aetiologie, der Begriff und die Prophylaxis des Kindbettfiebers). In later life, he became convinced that he had no talent as a (scientific) author-a fatal error that led him to become a victim of what we now call "publish or perish." Semmelweis had felt rejected for years. This negative feeling was the reason for his decision not to publish his great book for 14 years. When it finally went to the printer in 1861, the scientific community did not accept it. This experience caused psychosomatic symptoms owing to his long-standing and deeply felt disappointment. Bad conscience tortured him. This permanent stress destroyed his health: in 1865, his relatives (including his wife) and friends took him from Budapest to Vienna. He thought he was going to spend some time relaxing, but in fact was led into a newly built asylum for the mentally ill, the Niederösterreichische Landesirrenanstalt. When he realized what was happening, he tried to escape. Badly abused, he died from sepsis caused by open wounds and a dirty straightjacket 2 weeks later. This article will show Semmelweis to be a multilingual author of scientific literature and (open) letters; it will present him as a researcher who became a victim of harassment and what is referred to as the "Semmelweis reflex" ("Semmelweis effect"); and it will focus on his afterlife in (children's) literature, drama, and film.
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Obstetrics , Physicians , Puerperal Infection , Female , Fever , History, 19th Century , Humans , Obstetrics/history , Pregnancy , Puerperal Infection/therapyABSTRACT
Objective: Giving information and providing advice on diagnostic tests is one of the tasks physicians must carry out personally. To do so, they must evaluate the evidence and integrate their findings into everyday practice. Clinical decisions should be based on evidence. How well current medical education prepares for such evidence-based clinical decision-making is largely unclear. Therefore, it was examined how confident medical students are in clinical decision-making based on evidence using epidemiological data. It was examined whether the decision-making confidence increases the higher the semester. Further questions were whether scientifically active medical students show higher decision-making confidence and whether the representation of figures as pictograms rather than tables positively influences the decision-making confidence. Methods: An online survey of the medical students of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg was carried out. Respondents were presented with three clinical decision-making situations in random order for evaluation in the form of screening scenarios. In each case, the decision-making confidence also had to be specified. The scenarios contained only epidemiological data on existing screening tests. For each scenario, the numbers were presented as a table or a pictogram in a random fashion. In order to avoid false confidence resulting from preconceived opinions neither the illnesses nor the screening tests were mentioned by name. Results: Answers from 171 students were evaluated. Decision-making confidence in dealing with the numbers does not increase in higher semesters (rPearson =0.018, p=0.41). Scientific work is not associated with a higher decision-making confidence (t(169)=-1.26, p=0.11, d=-0.19). Presentation as a pictogram leads to a higher decision-making confidence compared to tables (Pictogram: M=2.33, SD=1.07, Table with numbers: M=2.64, SD=1.11, t(511)=3.21, p<0.01, d=0.28). Conclusions: Medical students from higher semesters show no higher decision-making confidence compared to medical students from lower semesters. Curricular events and scientific work, such as a doctoral thesis, do not seem to strengthen the required skills sufficiently. If evidence is presented in the form of pictograms, this seems to improve student confidence in decision-making.
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Clinical Decision-Making , Students, Medical/psychology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Evidence-Based Medicine/education , Female , Humans , Male , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Background: The quality of doctoral theses decides whether medical PhD and MD candidates could get their doctoral degree successfully. Good quality theses could be rewarded by Peking University which is a great honor for both doctoral candidates and for mentors. The present study aims to determine factors affecting the quality of medical doctoral theses. Methods: Honored theses and nonhonored theses were matched 1:3 randomly by specialty and submission year. Conditional logistic regressions were utilized. Results: Five domains comprising 17 indicators were put forward to evaluate the quality of doctoral theses. 41 honored theses and 119 matched nonhonored theses from years 2012-2016 were analyzed by univariate and multivariate conditional logistic regression. Degree type (OR: 107.56, 95%CI: 1.20-9632.70, P=0.041), first author impact factor (OR:1.24, 95%CI: 1.01-1.53, P=0.040) and correctly reported statistic results (OR: 43.18, 95%CI: 1.88-991.61, P=0.019) are independent factors influencing the quality of a doctoral thesis. Conclusions: The present study indicates that there is a significant gap between PhD and MD students on quality of thesis. The rewarded theses have a feature of high first author impact factor. However, most medical students need more training on statistics to improve the quality of their doctoral theses.
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El Dr. Jesús Culebras y mi Doctorado en Gerontología por la Universidad de Granada. Julio de 2014. Tras 6 años bregando por la obtención de mi grado de Doctor en Gerontología por la Universidad de Granada, llegó un momento crítico: Los tradicionales programas españoles de Doctorado contaban con poco menos de 2 años para traspasar su currícula al sistema europeo. Ese era el plazo que yo tenía para conseguir al menos 2 publicaciones científicas en revistas de impacto. Los que saben qué es un Doctorado estarán de acuerdo en que era una tarea difícil. Quienes realizan investigación, dirán que era una tarea complicada. Pero, en la práctica, era casi imposible: Dedicado a mi familia y mi trabajo, darle tiempo a publicar implicaba necesariamente quitar horas al reposo nocturno, con altas posibilidades de fracasar. Las publicaciones científicas en revistas de impacto implican un tratamiento extremadamente cuidadoso de todo: Proyecto de la investigación, obtención de la muestra, manejo de los datos Una vez lista la investigación, hay que pensar en cómo presentar el manuscrito: Cada novel investigador debe elegir en forma experta la revista a la que enviará el producto de sus desvelos. Esto es así porque cada una cuenta con exigencias tan distintas, el tiempo que se invierte en generar un manuscrito acorde con ellas es tan significativo, y el tiempo de revisión por pares es tan variable, que el rechazo de publicación suele significar varios meses en contra. Comenzando todo, es difícil encontrar un área poco desarrollada de investigación, que "tiente" a las revistas a considerar como interesante un artículo. Diversas situaciones fuera de mi manejo obligaron a cambiar mi proyecto de investigación desde las Teorías del Envejecimiento a la Ortogeriatría. Eso implicó cambiar la ciencia experimental por la clínica cotidiana, en un ambiente en el que la ortogeriatría era prácticamente desconocida, pero que estaba inserto en un mundo el que llevaba desarrollándose por más de 50 años. Mi gran esperanza era lograr que las revistas considerasen novedoso contar con datos de un país en desarrollo como el nuestro.
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Background: Not only the amount of research related contents in German medical studies are objects of criticism, but also the medical doctoral thesis. However, the question which research competences are truly acquired within medical school and the doctoral phase is empirically open, and is thus pursued in the following research study. Methods: We used data from the Bavarian Medical Graduate Panel Survey (MediBAP) (N=455), where respondents assessed their own research competences. To consolidate the data, we analysed qualitative interviews with doctoral medical graduates and students from the E-Prom study (N=14). Results: The quantitative analyses show that medical graduates evaluate the medical curriculum's research contents and their acquired competences as rather low. Doctoral graduates rate their competence of pursuing research independently higher than medical graduates who have not finished their doctorate. The qualitative analyses are in line with these results, as they point to the predominant development of competences during the doctoral phase. Despite this clearly positive trend, the majority of the respondents don't feel confident enough to undertake research independently also after attaining their doctoral degree. Conclusion: The results of this study emphasize the need for a more systematic and targeted mediation and review of research competences within the regular medical curriculum.
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Curriculum , Education, Medical, Graduate , Female , Humans , Male , Physicians , Schools, Medical , Students, Medical , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Introduction: One of the most important extracurricular aspects of medical studies in Germany is a research thesis completed by most students. This research project often times conveys relevant competencies for the physician's role as scientist. Nevertheless, the choice of the right project remains a challenge. Reasons for this are among others, missing structures for a comprehensive overview of research groups and their respective projects. Description of the project: We developed the online platform Doktabörse as an online marketplace for doctoral research projects. The platform enables authorized researchers to create working groups and upload, deactivate and change research projects within their institute. For interested students, a front end with integrated search function displays these projects in a structured and well-arranged way. In parallel, the Doktabörse provides for a comprehensive overview of research at the medical faculty. We evaluated Researchers' and students' use of the platform. Results: 96,6% of students participating in the evaluation (n=400) were in favor of a centralized research platform at the medical faculty. The platform grew at a steady pace and included 120 research groups in June 2016. The students appreciated the structure and design of the Doktabörse. Two thirds of all uploaded projects matched successfully with doctoral students via the platform and over 94% of researchers stated that they did not need technical assistance with uploading projects and handling the platform. Discussion: The Doktabörse represents an innovative and well accepted platform for doctoral research projects. The platform is perceived positively by researchers and students alike. However, students criticized limited extent and timeliness of offered projects. In addition, the platform serves as databank of research at the medical faculty of the LMU Munich. The future potential of this platform is to provide for an integrated management solution of doctoral thesis projects, possibly beyond the medical field and faculty.
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Academic Dissertations as Topic , Biomedical Research , Databases as Topic , Faculty, Medical , Hospitals, University , Internet , Software Design , Clinical Competence , Curriculum , Germany , Humans , Physician's RoleABSTRACT
Resumo A eugenia representou um movimento de grande repercussão a partir do final do século XIX e pretendia o melhoramento e aprimoramento da espécie humana, abrangendo ações de educação e de restrições à reprodução, contribuindo para a construção da ordem e da civilidade, baseada no progresso e na superioridade moral e física dos indivíduos. Este artigo visa apresentar e discutir elementos extraídos das teses doutorais da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo na década de 1920, especificamente relacionados ao tema da eugenia mendelista, sob a ótica da produção discente da época. O período escolhido representa um momento de grande influência da medicina na sociedade, em ações de controle e normatização dos indivíduos, influenciadas pelas teorias eugênicas. As teses doutorais representam o início da produção discente da Faculdade e contêm influências das teorias em voga no período - teorias evolucionistas, positivistas e eugenistas. Foram selecionadas para apresentação neste artigo oito teses doutorais, analisadas a partir do conceito de representações como técnica de leitura de documentos. Nas teses analisadas, pôde-se observar uma preocupação dos autores com a formação de uma descendência eugênica, defendendo o estabelecimento de medidas como restrição de casamentos, exame médico pré-nupcial e, em alguns casos, esterilização compulsória.
Abstract Eugenics represented a movement of great repercussion by the end of 19th century, which intended to improve and enhance human species, including actions of education and restrictions to reproduction, contributing to the foundation of order and civility, based on progress and on moral and physical superiority of individuals. This article aims to present and discuss elements extracted from doctoral theses of the Medicine College of the University of São Paulo (Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo) in the 1920s, specifically related to the theme of mendelist eugenics from the point of view of that period's scientific production. The chosen span represents a moment of great influence of medicine in society, because of actions of control and normalization of individuals, influenced by eugenic theories. The doctoral theses represent the beginning of the College's student production and contain influences from theories in vogue of the period - evolutionist, positivist and eugenic theories. Eight doctoral theses were selected for presentation in this article, and they were analyzed from the concept of representation as document reading technique. In these theses, one can observe the concern of the authors with the formation of eugenic descent, defending the establishment of measures such as restriction to marriages, prenuptial medical examination and, in some cases, compulsory sterilization.
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Humans , Male , Female , Academic Dissertations as Topic , Eugenia , History of MedicineABSTRACT
The core of evidence-based practice (EBP) as advocated for within the practice arms of the health and social sciences is to promote the routine incorporation of the best available research evidence into practice efforts. This requires discipline-specific education that is not only grounded in professional practice but also prepares would-be scientists in the application of the sophisticated techniques that characterize today's high research standards. Doctoral-level education is an important primer for future scientific endeavors across disciplines. This study examined 2334 theses published across Sweden in public health, criminology, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, social work, and sociology during the period 1997-2012. Of the theses reviewed, 13% aimed to investigate the effects of interventions. The highest percentage of effectiveness studies was found in nursing, public health, and psychology. The percentage of outcome research increased during the period. Controlled studies (with comparison group and pre- and post-test) occurred primarily within public health, nursing, psychiatry, and psychology. Of the 296 theses that included an intervention effectiveness study, 131 (44%), or 5.6% of all theses reviewed, met all four assessment criteria for quality. PhD education across seven disciplines in Sweden may be producing a professional core of scientists that is ill prepared to produce the type of research that is necessary to inform practice of the effects of its interventions as exposure to the rigors of quality effectiveness research is all but non-existent. This has implications for the advancement of an evidence-based practice and intervention science more broadly.
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Outcome Assessment, Health Care , Evidence-Based Practice , Reproducibility of Results , SwedenABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: The importance of research, as promoted by the CanMEDS framework, is widely acknowledged. Many medical students in Germany work on a research project as part of their doctoral thesis whilst still going to medical school. However, a significant amount of projects are abandoned unfinished, which leads to substantial wastage of resources. One reason for this is an information deficit concerning undergraduate research projects. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: To counteract this, we introduced an annual event at LMU Munich called DoktaMed with more than 600 visitors each year. It combines medical convention and research fair including keynote lectures, workshops and poster sessions as well as an exhibition of research groups and institutes. DoktaMed is a peer-to-peer event organized by a team of 40 students. RESULTS: A needs analysis before its implementation underlined the information deficit as a possible cause for the high rate of abandoned projects. In the annual evaluation, visitors of DoktaMed rate the event with an average grade of 2.1 on a six-level Likert scale (n=558, SD=1.06, with "1=very good", "6=poor"). They stated to now feel better informed about the topic and regarded visiting DoktaMed as a worthwhile investment of time. DISCUSSION: Students are generally satisfied with the event and feel better informed after visiting DoktaMed. However, many students never visit DoktaMed for various reasons. A possible improvement would be to present a greater number of clinical studies in addition to the laboratory work that DoktaMed focuses on now. CONCLUSION: Evaluation after six years of DoktaMed is very promising. Visitors seem to be better informed. Nevertheless there is space for improvement in order to get more students and more faculty members involved. More studies are needed to assess long-term effects.
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Academic Dissertations as Topic , Biomedical Research/education , Congresses as Topic , Education, Medical, Undergraduate , Attitude of Health Personnel , Curriculum , Germany , Humans , Students, MedicalABSTRACT
Carol Davila, the father of the Romanian modern medicine, made decisive contributions to the development of health sciences in the Romanian Principalities in the last decades of the nineteenth century. The merit of his scientific work was recognized beyond the borders of his country. His life (not devoid of anecdotic instances and unknown episodes) and especially his work have aroused considerable interest among numerous medical historians. This paper presents a historical study elaborated in France, but until recently ignored, dedicated to the biography of Carol Davila. It concerns the medical doctoral thesis (State Diploma) elaborated by Joseph Adler (born 1910 in Botosani, Romania) under the supervision of professor Maxime Laignel-Lavastine, whose interest in Romania is well-known. Professor Laignel-Lavastine held the office of Secretary General of the International Society of History of Medicine (ISHM), founded in 1921, (replaced in this position by another French professor with links to Romania: Jules Guiart). The thesis comprises 48 pages and an exhaustive bibliography. It represents a token of the appreciation given to Davila's achievements by Europe's medical community.
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OBJECTIVES: The manuscript of the Doctoral Thesis of Joaquín Albarrán in the Faculty of Medicine in Paris "Étudesur le Rein des Urinaires" has been donated to Asociación Española de Urología. Direct comparison of the original and printed material gives information of the production process of this master work. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Direct comparison between the original hand-written work, a single hard bound volume covered with loin cloth and water paper composed of 145 numbered pages plus 206 newly numbered pages of clinico-pathological (37 subjects) and experimental (19 assays in 20 rabbits) data, and the printed work edited by Georges Steinheil in 1889. Prints included 4 plates with 14 figures, 9 temperature charts and 5 tables describing urine examinations. Figures were trichromic and charts and tables black & white. Chromolithographs were produced by Mr. Leuba in the printing owned by Lemercier et Cie, Paris. RESULTS: The original work was completed in 1887 without any correction or deletion. Differences are noticeable between the text in the master and printed works: rearrangement of data and inclusion of a new clinical observation, 5 new experiments, summary and dedications. Changes in iconography are noticeable. The masterwork included 24 plates (numbered from 1 to 22, 13bis, 16bis) with 46 figures (44 colored) integrated within the text and 26 double-page temperature registries that accompany clinical observations. Anatomical, histological and microbiological illustrations, including culture media, microbiological stains and histobacteriological preparations were depicted as watercolors (44%), watercolors mixed with pencil or ink (52%) or pencil drawings (4%). Four (9%) were signed by the author, 5 (11%) had numerical annotations and only 14 (30%) were definitely printed with loss of the black component and redrawn of 4/14 (29%) images. The largest images were not printed. CONCLUSIONS: Joaquín Albarrán described and beautifully illustrated himself the role "pyogenic bacillus" (E. coli) played in renal infection, bacteriemia, renal failure sepsis and patient death. The evolution of pyelonephritis to perinephritis and perinephric abscess was masterly interpreted, with new description of ascending infection and lymphatic peritubular dissemination of bacteria. The differences detected between written and printed work are numerous and can be explained by the corrections of Prof. Guyon before definite presentation and the technical process to perform the lithographs.
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Academic Dissertations as Topic/history , Urology/history , Cuba , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Paris , Schools, MedicalABSTRACT
Los estudios de posgraduación en cualquier campo del conocimiento suponen un elevado nivel de especialización en los resultados de investigación. Conocer la evolución de la producción investigadora a través de parámetros empleados en la evaluación de la ciencia, como los indicadores bibliométricos, adquiere, por tanto, relevancia cuando los datos que se analizan provienen de estudios de este tipo. En este artículo se analiza el caso de la investigación posgraduada en el campo de la información en Cuba y se ofrecen resultados a través del análisis de indicadores, como la cantidad de tesis defendidas por año y grado, los tutores más productivos, la colaboración en la tutoría, el comportamiento de estas investigaciones por línea de investigación, así como los tópicos más estudiados y los tipos de investigación predominantes en el campo. También se analiza la filiación institucional y geográfica de los graduados. Del total de 156 tesis, 35 son de doctorado y 121 de maestría. Los tutores más representados son figuras prestigiosas de la especialidad; la línea de investigación más tratada es la relacionada con la gestión documental, de información y del conocimiento y la mayor parte de las investigaciones (71 por ciento) son de carácter empírico. La mayor parte de los egresados de programas de posgrado en la especialidad pertenecen al Ministerio de Educación Superior y se concentran mayoritariamente en la capital del país
Graduate studies in any area of knowledge presuppose a high level of specialization in research results. Understanding the evolution of research production using science evaluation parameters such as bibliometric indicators, is even more relevant when the data under analysis come from this type of study. The paper examines the status of graduate research in the field of information science in Cuba. The results provided are based on the analysis of indicators such as the number of theses submitted per year and degree, the most productive supervisors, the number of joint supervisions, the behavior of research tasks per research line, the topics most frequently dealt with, and the predominant research types in the field. An analysis is also conducted of the institutional affiliation and geographic location of graduates. Of the total 156 theses, 35 are doctoral and 121 correspond to the master's degree. The most represented supervisors are prestigious professionals from the specialty. The most common research line was document, information and knowledge management, and most studies (71 percent) were empirical. Most participants in graduate programs from the specialty belong to the Ministry of Higher Education and most of them live in the country's capital
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Cuba , Education, Graduate , Information Science , Research , Scientific Publication IndicatorsABSTRACT
Los estudios de posgraduación en cualquier campo del conocimiento suponen un elevado nivel de especialización en los resultados de investigación. Conocer la evolución de la producción investigadora a través de parámetros empleados en la evaluación de la ciencia, como los indicadores bibliométricos, adquiere, por tanto, relevancia cuando los datos que se analizan provienen de estudios de este tipo. En este artículo se analiza el caso de la investigación posgraduada en el campo de la información en Cuba y se ofrecen resultados a través del análisis de indicadores, como la cantidad de tesis defendidas por año y grado, los tutores más productivos, la colaboración en la tutoría, el comportamiento de estas investigaciones por línea de investigación, así como los tópicos más estudiados y los tipos de investigación predominantes en el campo. También se analiza la filiación institucional y geográfica de los graduados. Del total de 156 tesis, 35 son de doctorado y 121 de maestría. Los tutores más representados son figuras prestigiosas de la especialidad; la línea de investigación más tratada es la relacionada con la gestión documental, de información y del conocimiento y la mayor parte de las investigaciones (71 por ciento) son de carácter empírico. La mayor parte de los egresados de programas de posgrado en la especialidad pertenecen al Ministerio de Educación Superior y se concentran mayoritariamente en la capital del país(AU)
Graduate studies in any area of knowledge presuppose a high level of specialization in research results. Understanding the evolution of research production using science evaluation parameters such as bibliometric indicators, is even more relevant when the data under analysis come from this type of study. The paper examines the status of graduate research in the field of information science in Cuba. The results provided are based on the analysis of indicators such as the number of theses submitted per year and degree, the most productive supervisors, the number of joint supervisions, the behavior of research tasks per research line, the topics most frequently dealt with, and the predominant research types in the field. An analysis is also conducted of the institutional affiliation and geographic location of graduates. Of the total 156 theses, 35 are doctoral and 121 correspond to the master's degree. The most represented supervisors are prestigious professionals from the specialty. The most common research line was document, information and knowledge management, and most studies (71 percent) were empirical. Most participants in graduate programs from the specialty belong to the Ministry of Higher Education and most of them live in the country's capital(AU)
