Main Difficulties of Research Projects of the General Comprehensive Medicine Specialty

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research projects, scientific problem, objectives, methodological design, task schedule, Vancouver norms.

Abstract

Introduction: The family medicine resident, once graduated, will do research in correspondence with the current needs of the national health system and considering the predominant health problems in her/his community.

Objective: To describe the main difficulties in the research projects of residents in the General Comprehensive Medicine specialty.

Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive and observational study was carried out in the medical school of Sagua la Grande Municipality, in the period 2020-2021. The population under analysis consisted of a total of 69 research projects from five teaching polyclinics in three municipalities of the territory (Corralillo, Quemado de Güines and Sagua la Grande). Each research project was reviewed, a model was prepared for collecting the data extracted from them, and a database was elaborated for their storage.

Results: The main difficulties were not supporting the research adequately, as well as in writing the scientific problem, specifically the relation between the problem and the type of research; also, the conceptualization or operationalization of variables, the selection and elaboration of methods, the techniques and instruments for the collection of information, and the bibliographical adjustment by the Vancouver norms.

Conclusions: It is of vital importance that residents of this specialty develop research skills from the first year of training, which will contribute to better professional performance from the application of the scientific method in the solution of health problems that appear in their daily work.

 

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Author Biographies

Nubia Blanco Barbeito, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Sagua la Grande

Doctora en Ciencias Pedagógicas, Máster en Educación Médica Superior, Profesora e Investigadora Titular. Departamento de Postgrado e Investigaciones. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Sagua la Grande

Yeny Ugarte Martínez, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Sagua la Grande

Master en Educación Superior en Ciencias de la Salud. Profesor Auxiliar e Investigador Agregado.

Soraya Dueñas Villavicencio, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Sagua la Grande

Especialista de I grado en Medicina General Integral. Profesor Asistente e Investigador Agregado

Eduardo Jiménez Jomolca, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Sagua la Grande

Especialista de I grado en Medicina General Integral. Profesor Instructor. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Sagua la Grande

Rita María Grueiro Torrado, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Sagua la Grande

Especialista de I grado en Enfermería Comunitaria. Master en Educación Médica. Profesor Asistente. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Sagua la Grande. Cuba.

Yovana Betancourt Roque, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Sagua la Grande.

Licenciada en Educación, especialidad Física. Profesor Asistente e Investigador Agregado. Departamento de Planificación docente. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Sagua la Grande.

Published

2023-03-23

How to Cite

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Blanco Barbeito N, Ugarte Martínez Y, Dueñas Villavicencio S, Jiménez Jomolca E, Grueiro Torrado RM, Betancourt Roque Y. Main Difficulties of Research Projects of the General Comprehensive Medicine Specialty. Rev cuba med gen integr [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 23 [cited 2025 Mar. 26];39(1). Available from: https://revmgi.sld.cu/index.php/mgi/article/view/2235

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ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES