Deficiencies in the final reports of grade theses of the General Integral Medicine residents in Matanzas

Abstract

The Cuban university has grown in the field of research methodology, and the medical university has not stayed behind in this sense. The work of training for research is based on the different elements conforming the System of Science and Technological Innovation (SCeIT abbreviated in Spanish). In spite of the efforts, difficulties are still found in the research reports that are presented for evaluation. A qualitative study was carried out with the purpose of identifying the committed mistakes through a documental review of the grade theses´ final reports of the residents of General Integral Medicine, from the municipality of Matanzas, during the school years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, in the University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas. The analyzed theses are the universe of study. For collecting the primary information, a form was elaborated listing items that are proper of the research reports. The main difficulties are the formulation of the research objectives, the method, the definition of the universe and the sample, the variables conceptual definition and operationalization, the representation of information in tables and graphics, conclusions and bibliographic references.