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EDUMECENTRO
On-line version ISSN 2077-2874
Abstract
VERA-RIVERO, Daniel Alejandro et al. Researching skills, motivation and interest in teaching students in Villa Clara. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2019, vol.11, n.2, pp. 117-130. ISSN 2077-2874.
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.
Keywords : research; research design; science; education, medical.