Researching skills, motivation and interest in teaching students in Villa Clara

Authors

  • Daniel Alejandro Vera-Rivero Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.
  • Leonel Chirino-Sánchez Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.
  • Nubia Blanco Barbeito Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.
  • Lisset Ferrer Orozco Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.
  • Mayle Santana Hernández Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.

Keywords:

research, research design, science, education, medical.

Abstract

Background: student´s scientific research is considered one of the pillars of higher medical education.
Objective
: to describe the researching skills, motivations and interests in the teaching students of Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.
Methods
: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences, from April to May 2017. The following theoretical methods were used: analytical-synthetic, inductive-deductive and historical-logical, empirical methods: survey in the form of a questionnaire to students.
Results
: the majority of the students referred researching motivations, they are interested in exercising it once they graduate from their studies, but they recognized as barriers to have deficiencies related to the mastery of some researching skills and the non-existence of researching groups, only a minority considered this activity as moderately important or unimportant.
Conclusions
: the teaching students of Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences have interests to dedicate themselves to researching once graduated from the degree, but the preparation is still insufficient, reason why it is necessary to continue its overcoming taking advantage of the different forms.

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Author Biographies

Daniel Alejandro Vera-Rivero, Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.

5th grade student year of the Medicine career. Student Cardiology Assistant. Medical Sciences Branch "Lidia Doce Sánchez". Sagua La Grande. Villa Clara.

Leonel Chirino-Sánchez, Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.

6th student year of the Medicine career. Vertical Intern in Coloproctology. Medical Sciences Branch "Lidia Doce Sánchez". Sagua La Grande. Villa Clara.

Nubia Blanco Barbeito, Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.

Licensed in Nursing. Master's Degree in Higher Medical Education. Doctor in Pedagogical Sciences. Associate Professor. Medical Sciences Branch "Lidia Doce Sánchez". Sagua La Grande. Villa Clara.

Lisset Ferrer Orozco, Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.

5th grade student year of the Medicine career. Student Cardiology Assistant. School of Medicine.

Mayle Santana Hernández, Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.

Degree in psychology. University Polyclinic "Mario A. Pérez Mollinedo". Sagua La Grande. Villa Clara.

Published

2019-04-01

How to Cite

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Vera-Rivero DA, Chirino-Sánchez L, Blanco Barbeito N, Ferrer Orozco L, Santana Hernández M. Researching skills, motivation and interest in teaching students in Villa Clara. EDUMEC [Internet]. 2019 Apr. 1 [cited 2025 Jun. 30];11(2):117-30. Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/1189

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ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL