Scientific Publication By Teachers Who Make Up The Thesis Judging Jury At A Peruvian Faculty Of Health Sciences

Abstract

Given the problems of scientific production in health in Peru and the limited contribution of publications by teachers and students from the undergraduate level, the objective was to determine the frequency of publication of scientific articles by teachers who participated as a judging jury. thesis in a Faculty of Health Sciences of a private university in Peru. For this, an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in a population made up of 131 teachers who evaluated theses approved in the period 2015-2018. The search for articles was carried out in Google Scholar and the Scopus database. It was found that only 17.6% had any publication. Of this group, 9.2% did so in the last 5 years. Likewise, 6.9% achieved publications indexed in Scopus and 3 teachers demonstrated certification as researchers by the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation of Peru. It is concluded that the publication rate of teachers who evaluated thesis in a Faculty of Health Sciences in Peru is low and worrying.