Objectives. To determine the factors that influence the scientific production of students and graduates from the Faculty of Human Medicine at the National University of the Peruvian Amazon (UNAP) during the years 2020 to 2022. Materials and Methods. Descriptive cross-sectional study of medical students and graduates. Results. Showed that only 13.9% of the participants published scientific articles. The level of education and previous university education did not have a significant impact on the publication of articles, while subscribing to research journals and belonging to scientific societies were significantly associated with scientific publication (p<0.05). Other important factors included peer mentoring, availability of time, advanced knowledge in searching and writing scientific information, and institutional factors such as recognition within the university and access to research ...

Objective: To determine the perception of possible infection caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and associated complications according to the labor sector in Peru. Methods: We performed an observational, cross sectional, and secondary data analysis. The study had three dependent variables that were obtained from a locally validated questionnaire, in which it is asked whether the professionals had the perception that they could be infected with SARS-CoV-2 at work, or could transmit the virus to their family/friends, and regarding the possibility of complications related to the infection. Results: Of the 2843 workers participating in the study, those in the health sector perceived that they were more likely to be infected at work. In the multivariate analysis, adjusted for four variables, health sector workers also perceived that they could be infected...