Keywords
students
perception
education
dentistry
Abstract
Background: Regardless of the number of students involved in research, during their university studies, the challenges of conducting research mean that very few choose a career as a researcher in the future.
Objective. Analyze the challenges and opportunities that dentistry students perceive when carrying out scientific research.
Methods. Observational and cross-sectional study that included 112 thesis students who completed their final degree work at the Faculty of Dentistry (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima-Peru). The perception of the challenges and opportunity was measured at the end of the study through a scale that assessed the categories of: facilities and infrastructure as support, interpersonal support and institutional relations, writing a report and publishing research results, among others. Scores were analyzed through averages and an association analysis with the personal characteristics of each student.
Results: The general score was 2.45 ± 0.34, being the dimensions “data analysis” (3.17 ± 0.41) and “general research experience” (3.26 ± 0.39) those that presented a higher average. Men presented higher overall scores (2.43 ± 0.31), with significant differences in the dimensions "research design and selection" (p = 0.001).
Conclusion: The challenges and opportunities for research are below average, the main challenges were related to institutional support, the presence of adequate laboratories and an inadequate curricular design to promote research; the main opportunities were found in data analysis and research experience in general.
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