TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between prior extracurricular publications and the intent of students publishing their theses in scientific journals
T2 - A Cross-Sectional Study of 40 Medical Schools in Latin America
AU - Valladares-Garrido, Mario J.
AU - Serrano, Felipe T.
AU - Pereira-Victorio, César J.
AU - Saldaña, Miguel
AU - Mejia, Christian R.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: The Peru Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Training Consortium (D43 TW007393), awarded by the Fogarty International Center of the US National Institutes of Health, sponsored Dr. Valladares’s work. Dr. Valladares has received support from National Institute of Mental Health, NIH D43TW009343training Award and the University of California Global HealthInstitute.The funders had no role in study design, data analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Competing interests:The authors have declared that no competing interests exist
Funding Information:
The Peru Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Training Consortium (D43 TW007393), awarded by the Fogarty International Center of the US National Institutes of Health, sponsored Dr. Valladares?s work. Dr. Valladares has received support from National Institute of Mental Health, NIH D43TW009343 training Award and the University of California Global Health Institute.The funders had no role in study design, data analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Aimm:To determine the association between prior extracurricular publication and the intention of medical students in Latin America publishing theses in scientific journals. Methods: Cross-sectional study, where the main variable was the intent to publish a thesis, investigatingan association with prior extracurricular publication and other co-variables of interest. Prevalence ratios (PR) were estimated using generalized linear multilevel models. Results:Of 11,587, 7.9% self-reported previous publications and 2,9% had interest inpublishing their thesis. We found that having previously published, increased the intention to publish a thesis in scientific journals (PR: 6.72, 95% CI: 5.12-8.84, p <0.001). Also positively associated with publishing a thesis included; being Peruvian (PR: 1.80, IC95%: 1.08-2.98, p = 0.023), being female (PR: 1.24, IC95%: 1.00-1.54, p = 0.046), being afifth year student (PR: 2.26, 95% CI: 1.55-3.29, p <0.001), havingan intermediate proficiency of the English language (PR: 1.62, 95% CI: 1.14-2.32, p = 0.008) and database training (PR: 1.58, 95% CI 1.14-2.18, p = 0.005). Conclusion:The intention of publishing theses in scientific journals is very low,however, having prior extracurricular publications increases the level of interest. These findings provide medical schools with information that will enable them to help reinforcethe student’senthusiasmto publish and, thereby, greatlyincrease their decision to complete and publish a thesis.
AB - Aimm:To determine the association between prior extracurricular publication and the intention of medical students in Latin America publishing theses in scientific journals. Methods: Cross-sectional study, where the main variable was the intent to publish a thesis, investigatingan association with prior extracurricular publication and other co-variables of interest. Prevalence ratios (PR) were estimated using generalized linear multilevel models. Results:Of 11,587, 7.9% self-reported previous publications and 2,9% had interest inpublishing their thesis. We found that having previously published, increased the intention to publish a thesis in scientific journals (PR: 6.72, 95% CI: 5.12-8.84, p <0.001). Also positively associated with publishing a thesis included; being Peruvian (PR: 1.80, IC95%: 1.08-2.98, p = 0.023), being female (PR: 1.24, IC95%: 1.00-1.54, p = 0.046), being afifth year student (PR: 2.26, 95% CI: 1.55-3.29, p <0.001), havingan intermediate proficiency of the English language (PR: 1.62, 95% CI: 1.14-2.32, p = 0.008) and database training (PR: 1.58, 95% CI 1.14-2.18, p = 0.005). Conclusion:The intention of publishing theses in scientific journals is very low,however, having prior extracurricular publications increases the level of interest. These findings provide medical schools with information that will enable them to help reinforcethe student’senthusiasmto publish and, thereby, greatlyincrease their decision to complete and publish a thesis.
KW - Academic Dissertations
KW - Latin America
KW - Publishing
KW - Scholarly Communication
KW - Students, Medical. (Source: MeSH NLM)
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090567646
SN - 1996-7195
VL - 14
SP - 990
EP - 996
JO - Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
JF - Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
IS - 2
ER -