Abstract

COUTUREJUZON GONZALEZ, Lourdes  and  COLUMBIE PILETA, Miday. Impact of the specialty of Biostatistics on the graduate's intellectual sphere. Educ Med Super [online]. 2008, vol.22, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0864-2141.

OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of the Biostatistics specialty on the intellectual sphere of the graduates. METHODS: A descriptive and retrospective study was conducted. To this end, a model of personal interview for graduates was designed. It was submitted to the experts' criteria for its aspect and content validation. The information from quantitative variables was summarized by means of the annual average per graduate that was used to make comparisons before, during or after the specialty in the studied group. Percentage was used to summarize the qualitative variables. RESULTS: It was observed that 54 (94.7%), 49 (86%), 51 (89.5%), and 40 (70.2%) of the graduates considered that the specialty influenced very much on their scientific level, on their capacity to carry out research projects, to communicate the results achieved, and to teach, respectively. There was also an increase of the annual average of research projects made by the graduate (0.08 vs 0.32), of the attendance to scientific events (0.90 vs 1.40), and of the papers published (0.22 vs 1.03). Forty three graduates (76.8%) had begun or concluded some type of professional training after studying the specialty. CONCLUSIONS: The specialty had a impact on the intellectual sphere of the graduates.

Keywords : Educational impact; educational evaluation; impact evaluation; Biostatistics specialty.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )