Objective: Todesign and build an educational model using a Virtual Simulation Laboratory Section of Pharmacology and to know the level of student satisfaction. Material and Methods: Descriptive, qualitative study of research-action type. The design and implementation of a virtual simulation laboratory, the intervention of improvement and perfection of teaching materials for the development of thepractical section of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine at San Marcos was planned, using the software Microlab® and CV Rat. A survey of user satisfactionin virtual laboratory technique was conducted, using the interview as aninstrument, and a Likert scale of minimum satisfaction starting in 1 to maximum of 10. Sample size of 26 students. Results: A new process of Experimental Pharmacology Laboratory teaching - learning was implemented, using virtual simulation. Most students in the virtual class ...

La calidad de los medicamentos genéricos/multifuentes (MG) debe ser garantizada por estudios de bioequivalencia (BE) en armonía con las directrices de la OPS/OMS, favoreciendo su acceso y fortaleciendo las Políticas de Medicamento Genéricos (PMG). La presente investigación tuvo por objetivo evaluar la reglamentación de los MG en América Latina y Europa, y la implementación de BE como requisito de su calidad. Metodología: Documentos oficiales normativos y reglamentarios de PMG, y guías de BE fueron evaluados mediante el metanálisis. Resultados: en América Latina; México y Brasil aplican la BE como requisito de calidad e intercambiabilidad de MG; Argentina, Colombia, Chile y Colombia en fármacos de riesgo sanitario elevado, el Perú actualmente lo ha incorporado para el registro de MG, quedando por definir el listado de los medicamentos con BE. Se discute sobre los requisitos...

Suddleia globosa Hoppe (Matico) es un arbusto que crece desde Santiago a Valdivia en Chile, se le atribuye tradicio nalmente efectos antiúlcerosos. La investigación farmacológica de esta planta se inició con el estudio histológico de las hojas y tallo, determinación de la composición quimica del extracto etanólico, purificación, determinación de la actividad antibacteriana, los bioensayos de Toxicidad en Artemia salina y se determinó la DL50 en ratones albinos Cepa CF-1. Se realizó la Verificación de la actividad antiulcerosa gástrica en diferentes modelos experimentales de inducción ulcerativa entre ellos: estrés por restricció n e hipotermia (4° C), estrés quirúrgico de ligadura de piloro e inmovilización, y por inoculación de Helicobacter pylori. y el estudio del efecto sobre la musculatura lisa en órganos aislados. En el estudio histológico, las hojas presenta...

Introduction. The use of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (PMR) in patients with breast cancer is debatable, with little agreement on its usefulness above routine scans. The goal of this study was to assess comparative studies of individuals with non-advanced breast cancer who were treated with or without PMR. Methods. A search was conducted in MEDLINE/PUBMED, LILACS, and SCIELO for medical literature published between January 1, 2000 and March 31, 2021, and publications that satisfied the inclusion criteria were included. Results. There were 3,828 publications, 53 of which matched the inclusion requirements; the papers were examined, and the findings were summarized in tables. There were 46 single or multicenter retrospective and comparative investigations, three prospective, randomized, controlled trials, and four meta-analyses including patients with infiltrating ductal or lobu...

Objective: To determine if there is an association between level of patient satisfactions and motivation of health care personnel in a neurosurgery hospitalization service of a specialized institute. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted at the neurosurgical services of Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas from July to October 2016. Two questionnaires were applied, SERVQUAL to evaluate patient satisfaction and a questionnaire following the Herzberg’ s theory to evaluate motivation of health care personnel. Chi square with Yates correction was used to test associations. Results: Results in parenthesis are shown on patient satisfaction for medical evaluation (97%),  medical approach (95%), interest of physicians on well-being of patients (94%), interest of nurses on well-being of patients (91%), while level of motivation of health care personnel on having an interesting j...

Introducción: Maternal and child health care is a priority for health services, it is essential that all pregnant women comply with the necessary amount of prenatal care for proper supervision of pregnancy and the detection of possible warning signs or complications in a timely manner. Objective: To identify the association between the health provider factors and the number of prenatal care in the users of the Carlos Lanfranco La Hoz hospital attended in 2019. Methods: quantitative, relational and non-experimental design study. 342 pregnant users attended from January to December 2019, who were selected through a systematic probability sampling. For the statistical analysis, a descriptive statistic was used through the distribution of absolute and relative frequencies and an inferential statistic through the use of Poisson regression. Results: The age ...

Introducción: Maternal and child health care is a priority for health services, it is essential that all pregnant women comply with the necessary amount of prenatal care for proper supervision of pregnancy and the detection of possible warning signs or complications in a timely manner. Objective: To identify the association between the health provider factors and the number of prenatal care in the users of the Carlos Lanfranco La Hoz hospital attended in 2019. Methods: quantitative, relational and non-experimental design study. 342 pregnant users attended from January to December 2019, who were selected through a systematic probability sampling. For the statistical analysis, a descriptive statistic was used through the distribution of absolute and relative frequencies and an inferential statistic through the use of Poisson regression. Results: The age ...

Objective: To determine the profile of medical and health sciences researchers belonging to the Carlos Monge Medrano group, qualified by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica (CONCYTEC - National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation) and registered in Registro Nacional Científico, Tecnológico y de Innovación Tecnológica (RENACYT - National Scientific, Technological and Technological Innovation Registry) in 2022. Materials and methods: A quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study. The CTI Vitae - Hojas de vida afines a la Ciencia y Tecnología (CTI Vitae - Résumés related to Science and Technology) data sheets of 706 researchers registered in Renacyt were reviewed during September 2022. Demographic characteristics, academic background, career and scientific output were collected in a data collection sheet, which was used ...

Objective: Work motivation and job satisfaction are key elements for Human Resource Management from a total quality approach. This study aims to establish the relationship between work motivation and job satisfaction of the staff of the Peruvian branch of Partners in Health, to determine the staff´s level of work motivation according to Frederick Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory, and to determine the staff´s level of job satisfaction according to the dimensions of the Font Roja questionnaire. Materials and methods: A descriptive, observational, cross-sectional, relational study. The sample consisted of 136 workers who completed a self-administered survey between February and June 2016. Results: The level of work motivation was “moderately motivated” (49.3%). Regarding the hygiene factors, workers were moderately motivated (46.3%), and the factors with the highest overall averages wer...

Objective: To determine the characteristics of occupational pesticide poisoning in agricultural workers treated at the Hospital Barranca Cajatambo during 2008-2017. Materials and methods: A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study conducted in a population of 295 agricultural workers poisoned by occupational pesticide exposure and treated at the Hospital Barranca Cajatambo from 2008 to 2017. Every male or female agricultural worker aged over 14 with a complete medical record of pesticide poisoning was included in the study. The variables were the sociodemographic and epidemiological characteristics of the pesticide and intoxication. Absolute frequencies (n) were used for the qualitative variables and relative frequencies (%) for the relative variables. Measures of central tendency (average) and dispersion tendency (standard deviation) were used for the quantitative variables....

Objective: To identify the relationship between public health care facility level and compliance with the essential and desired informative elements of informed consent (IC) forms, Lima Metropolitan Area, 2019-2021.Materials and methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study. A total of 455 IC forms used in public tertiary health care facilities—hospitals (III-1, III-E) and specialized health care institutions (III-2)—were analyzed to assess the compliance of 22 essential and nine desired elements set forth in the current Peruvian laws and regulations and provided by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). This matrix was submitted to the opinion of a group of experts made up of 11 lawyers and health professionals, registering a Kappa coefficient of 1, which implies a “perfect agreement.” In addition, expert competence coefficient (K) was assessed, registering among t...

Objective: To determine the satisfaction level of neurosurgery outpatients of the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas (INCN), Lima, from October to November 2016. Materials and methods: A quantitative, descriptive, prospective and cross-sectional study was conducted in 314 patients. The study used the SERVQUAL survey to calculate the mean differential score, as well as the ANCOVA analysis and the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. Results: Overall satisfaction accounted for 19.4 % (61) and overall dissatisfaction, 80.6 % (253), which included both mild and moderate dissatisfaction. Fifty-five point one percent (55.1 %) (173) of middle-aged adults expressed overall dissatisfaction. The mean differential score for all the dimensions reached 0.77 (reliability 0.91, responsiveness 0.85, safety 0.44, empathy 1.03 and tangible aspects 0.52). Middle-aged adults presen...

Objective: To determine the association between organizational commitment and job satisfaction among physicians who treated COVID-19 patients at the Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrión from 2020 to 2021. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional and analytical study which involved 194 physicians. Job satisfaction and organizational commitment were measured using the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and Meyer and Allen’s Three Component Model of Commitment. Based on the scores and the Likert scale, the variables were categorized as high, medium or low. Results: Seventy-one percent of physicians reported intrinsic job satisfaction and 93 % exhibited affective organizational commitment and continuity at the hospital. Physicians with a strong sense of achievement were 2.71 times more likely to experience job satisfaction and feel proud to work at the institution (CI: 1.05-7.03). P...

Objetivos: Determinar factores asociados a la práctica de la lactancia materna exclusiva, en tres espacios de tiempo: antes, durante y después del parto en madres que acuden a tres establecimientos de salud  que pertenecen a la Dirección de Salud de Lima Centro. Métodos: Estudio descriptivo, transversal correlacional realizado en una muestra de 140 mujeres madres de niños entre 6 y 12 meses. El instrumento fue una cuestionario validado por juez experto y prueba piloto; los factores se clasificaron de acuerdo al momento en que ocurren: durante la gestación (antes del parto), en el proceso del parto y en el puerperio (periodo después del parto), la técnica fue la entrevista personal. Resultados: El  análisis estadístico de los datos muestra que en la primera fase (antes del parto) de todos los factores que se consideraron durante a entrevista, el número de controles pr...

Objetivos: Determinar factores asociados a la práctica de la lactancia materna exclusiva, en tres espacios de tiempo: antes, durante y después del parto en madres que acuden a tres establecimientos de salud  que pertenecen a la Dirección de Salud de Lima Centro. Métodos: Estudio descriptivo, transversal correlacional realizado en una muestra de 140 mujeres madres de niños entre 6 y 12 meses. El instrumento fue una cuestionario validado por juez experto y prueba piloto; los factores se clasificaron de acuerdo al momento en que ocurren: durante la gestación (antes del parto), en el proceso del parto y en el puerperio (periodo después del parto), la técnica fue la entrevista personal. Resultados: El  análisis estadístico de los datos muestra que en la primera fase (antes del parto) de todos los factores que se consideraron durante a entrevista, el número de controles pr...

Introduction: This research addresses the evaluation of teacher performance through the student-centered paradigm. Objective: To determine the teaching strategies and pedagogical skills with a constructivist approach used, from the teacher and student perspective, in the health master's programs of a Peruvian public university. Methodology: Quantitative, descriptive and cross-cutting study. Based on the Evaluation Questionnaire of the Teaching and Evaluative Methodology of University Professors (CEMEDEPU), an instrument was developed, which was validated by expert judgment with an Alpha cronbach reliability of 0.961, which was applied to teachers and students. The sample obtained was from 42 teachers and 130 students from eight master's degrees. The descriptive analysis was performed by categorizing the results in each group and the inferential analysis using the...

Introduction. Due to changes in the composition of the family and society, the adoption of children by homosexuals is becoming more frequent. It has been found that opposition to this request is often associated with homophobia. In Peru, no studies exist on these aspects. Objective: To determine the correlation between adoption approval and attitude towards homosexuality in medical students and graduates, Lima, Peru. Method: The observational and cross-sectional study was carried out. 205 people over 21 years of age participated. The Attitude Toward Homosexuality Scale (EAH-10) and the question “Should homosexual couples be allowed to adopt children like heterosexual couples?” were used. The relationships were made with the Pearson (r) and Spearman (rs) correlation coefficient. Results: Quantitatively, a negative and significant correlation was found between ...

Objective. To determine the association between daytime sleepiness and sleep quality with school performance in adolescents of the Institution Educative “Emblemática” Ventura Ccalamaqui, Barranca, 2018. Methods: Non-experimental and cross-sectional study. The sample included 217 adolescents of third and fourth year of secondary school. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were applied. School performance was determined by the grade in communication and mathematics (subjects used by the international community) and was classified according to the National Curriculum (AD, A, B, C). Results. The average age of the adolescents was 15.9 ± 0.6 years, where 51.2% were female, 51.6% consumed coffee, tea and / or soft drinks less than once a week. It was observed that 49.7% suffered from daytime sleepiness, 84.8% had sleep problems and 52.1% presented an expec...

Objective: To determine the relationship between work environment and job satisfaction of nursing staff in the emergency service of Hospital de Vitarte. Methods: Quantitative, correlational and cross-sectional research. The population and sample consisted of 70 members of the nursing staff of the emergency service. With the prior informed consent of each participant, two questionnaires validated in other studies were applied through a survey. Results: The participating nursing staff was mainly between 30 and 39 years old (50%), was female (62,9%), with the same number of professionals and technicians, with a slight predominance of contracted (51,4%) and had between 6 to 10 years of service. The dimensions of the work environment: self-realization (81,4%), work involvement (82,9%), supervision (82,9%) and communication (54,3%) were considered moderately favorable; working conditions ...

Dear Editor and authors of the letter: We have reviewed with great interest the comments in the letter to the editor that accompanies the original article entitled "Climate and Pre-Pandemic Job Satisfaction of Nursing Personnel in an Emergency Service," published in Volume 23, number 02 of 2023 by Chávez M et al., where a significant correlation is highlighted between the work environment and the job satisfaction of the nursing team at the Vitarte Hospital (1).