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BARCIELA GONZALEZ LONGORIA, María de la Caridad; GRAU LEON, Ileana Bárbara; FERNANDEZ PRATT, Miralis Julia  e  ROSALES REYES, Solange. Quality of the faculty in the dental school. Educ Med Super [online]. 2015, vol.29, n.1, pp. 47-56. ISSN 1561-2902.

This paper characterized the teaching staff which implemented direct actions with the students aimed at their formation in the last course and it compared the results with the data from the self-assessment report of the medical career in 2008. The variables were age, sex, teaching and research category, and academic formation in addition to the evaluative guide indicators of university careers. The prevailing ages were over 55 years-old and 46-55 y ears-old in both academic years, with 39.23 % and 30.76 % in 2013. Females prevailed with 56.89 % and 64.23 %, respectively. The predominant teaching categories were full and associate professor for 13.27 and 44.69 % of the total in 2013. The number of professors who hold scientific and academic degrees increased. There were more research studies and the index of publications per professor was 4.04. It was concluded that females and age groups over 55 years and 46-55 years predominated. The number of full professors, associated professors, PhDs, Masters and Second-degree specialists and of research works also rose. The index of publications per professor was considered as strength. These results showed a leap in quality for this important variable.

Palavras-chave : teaching staff; quality variables; evaluation of university careers.

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