Abstract

MORA TOVAR, María Elizabeth  and  NAVEA SOTO, Rómulo. Estudio cienciométrico de los trabajos de especialización: Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Central de Venezuela. RFM [online]. 2008, vol.31, n.1, pp.37-44. ISSN 0798-0469.

The tools of metric analysis were applied to the Special Works of Investigation, of the courses of post degree of the Medicine Faculty Universidad Central de Venezuela, specifically in the areas of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Puericulture, Internal Medicine and General Surgery. The study allowed to establish the relation between the intellectual production and the propose lines of investigation by each course of post degree and the relevance of citations done in the Special Works of Investigation. Also, the analysis allowed to determine which are they the hospital seats and investigation areas that contribute more to the enrichment of medical Literature generated at post degree level in the Medicine Faculty of the Universidad Central de Venezuela. It was managed to determine that the students indeed use the information services of the university. In each one of the areas it was managed to determine the courses that respond to the lines of investigation and new subjects are observed that could generate new line of investigation.

Keywords : Research [trends]; Bibliometrics; Research reports; Knowledge management for health research.