The use of a portfolio was introduced in a first-year course at the University of Concepción, Chile to promote competencies of responsibility and reflection on the learning process. In the study participated 86 students out of the 97 in the group. An induction and detailed description of the objectives and methodology was carried out at the beginning of the course. Two summative portfolio evaluations were conducted during the semester, with feedback after the first evaluation. At the end of the course, an 11-item survey was applied using a Likert scale from 1 to 5 points. The averages of the summative evaluations were compared using a non-parametric test for samples in pairs and the perception survey was analysed using descriptive statistics. A significant increase (p<0.05) was observed between the first and second ev...

            The use of a portfolio was introduced in a first-year course at the University of Concepción, Chile to promote competencies of responsibility and reflection on the learning process. In the study participated 86 students out of the 97 in the group. An induction and detailed description of the objectives and methodology was carried out at the beginning of the course. Two summative portfolio evaluations were conducted during the semester, with feedback after the first evaluation. At the end of the course, an 11-item survey was applied using a Likert scale from 1 to 5 points. The averages of the summative evaluations were compared using a non-parametric test for samples in pairs and the perception survey was analysed using descriptive statistics. A significant increase (p<0.05) was observed between the first and second ev...

Mental health is one of the topics that has become increasingly important in the university community in recent years, especially in Veterinary Medicine, a profession with one of the highest suicide rates. The study aimed to determine the subjective well-being of veterinary medicine students from two higher education institutions in central Chile, considering both experienced and remembered well-being. A quantitative, descriptive, and non-experimental method was used with a non-probability sample (n=97) comprised of students from Santiago (n=46) and Viña del Mar (n=51). They voluntarily completed the Pemberton Happiness Index (PHI) questionnaire. Their remembered well-being was 5.2, and their experienced well-being was 5.1, values considered low. Furthermore, 56% of students report on recent well-being experiences. The results indicate that the surveyed population is likely to experienc...