Aim:

To present initiatives for the promotion of scientific research in the Degree of Medicine.

Subjects and methods:

The participants included 150 first-year students who received theoretical lessons (12 hours, in groups of 75) and, in groups of 4-5, four sessions (6 hours and 45 minutes) of seminars on scientific discoveries, publication analysis and experimental design. The topics of seminars were available 7-15 days in advance on which students had to prepare a presentation, and a written document. Both activities were scored. The evaluation of student satisfaction was carried out through a survey.

Results:

The tasks were related to scientific discoveries and referred to relevant aspects of physiology, pathology, therapeutics and technological developments applied to medicine. Students also analyzed and discussed scientific publications and prepared research design proposals based on short texts provided by the lecturer. The marks obtained, out of four points, were 3.71 ± 0.07 and 3.9 ± 0.3 on the tasks of discoveries and comments of scientific articles, respectively, and 3.6 ± 0.2 in the experimental design. 84% of those enrolled completed the survey that indicated a favorable opinion (out of five points) on the theoretical contents (4.01 ± 0.07) and seminars on discoveries (3.97 ± 0.1) and experimental design (3.87 ± 0.1).

Conclusions:

The students had a favorable opinion on the activities and considered that they could contribute to the training of research doctors.

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