Characteristics and publication of the papers presented in the peruvian congress of obstetrics and gynecology, 2002-2010

Abstract

It is known little scientific production in the country compared to that produced at regional and global levels. Medical societies seek to strengthen academic and scientific development of its members through the development of courses and scientific events. Total research abstracts submitted to the Peruvian Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2002-2010) was reviewed. A description of the characteristics of the research presented was performed and the variables described in frequencies and percentages. Also, a search strategy in Google Scholar was conducted to determinate publication of research in indexed medical journals. 393 summaries were evaluated, the authors mean was 4.37 ± 1.93; 81.7% of jobs were design cross, followed by reporting the cases 6,12%. The specialties of the scientific event, most frequent specialty was obstetrics (54,2%), followed by gynecology (24.9%). The most common affiliation was Madre-Niño San Bartolomé Hospital (39/389), followed by the Arzobispo Loayza National Hospital (24/389). The proportion of publication was 14.13% (55/389), the majority (87.7%) was published in the Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia and only one in English in a foreign magazine. It is concluded that there is a low publication of the papers presented at the Peruvian Congress of Gynecology and obstetrics. The majority of publications are carried out in the scientific journal of the society. The publication of results should be encouraged to reduce the gray publication in the scientific literature. Measures should be taken to encourage the publication of papers.