Abstract

ESCOBAR-CORDOBA, Franklin; TORO-HERRERA, Sandra Milena  and  ESLAVA-SCHMALBACH, Javier. Construction of a Colombian scale for medical schools with the SIR 2010. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2010, vol.58, n.4, pp.341-347. ISSN 0120-0011.

Background. To date there is no one scale merit acceptable for medicine schools. There are several parameters that can help to establish a ranking. For this paper the classification issued by the SIR 2010 was chosen as an initial approach to the subject. Objective. Propose a Colombian scale of medical schools using the 2010 SIR- Iberoamerican ranking. Materials and methods. THe IberoAmerican Health Science Institution published its 2010 SCImago Ranking (SIR), using the following parameters: scientific production, international partnerships, percent average quality and scientific publications in journals of the first quartile SJR. Results. With standards adopted by 2010 SIR the Colombian «top ten» schools of medicine are: Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad del Valle, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Universidad del Rosario, Universidad de Los Andes, Universidad CES, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana and Universidad de Caldas. Conclusion. It is important to establish parameters to enable a ranking by academic and research work of medicine schools in our country.

Keywords : education; medical; education; medical; graduate; education; medical; undergraduate; medicine; Programs.

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