Abstract:A quantitative, descriptive, exploratory study based on documentation that aims to report the history of the Graduate Program in Nursing (PPGENF), Federal University of Santa Maria according to the national scenario. The data was collected through queries to different sites on the Internet and secretary of PPGENE. The program was created in 2006, and in the first triennium there has been an increase in the number of vacancies and candidates, and concentration of the publications was given in qualis B1 and A2. … Show more
“…We retrieved a total of 44 full text articles, of which 9 were from additional targeted searching; we finally reviewed 14 of them, with only 12 in the statistical meta-analysis. The main reason for excluding the full texts was not containing at least one outcome of interest and the two studies were dropped in the meta-analysis either because they lacked the primary outcome [ 9 ] or the primary outcome was not reported in a way to permit synthesis [ 10 ]. Fig.…”
BackgroundWhile several individual studies addressing research productivity of post-graduate students are available, a synthesis of effective strategies to increase productivity and the determinants of productivity in low-income countries has not been undertaken. Further, whether or not this research from post-graduate students’ projects was applied in evidence-informed decision-making was unknown. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review of literature to identify and assess the effectiveness of approaches that increase productivity (proportion published) or the application (proportion cited) of post-graduate students’ research, as well as to assess the determinants of post-graduate students’ research productivity and use.MethodsWe conducted a systematic review as per our a priori published protocol, also registered in PROSPERO (CRD42016042819). We searched for published articles in PubMed/MEDLINE and the ERIC databases through to July 2017. We performed duplicate assessments for included primary studies and resolved discrepancies by consensus. Thereafter, we completed a structured narrative synthesis and, for a subset of studies, we performed a meta-analysis of the findings using both fixed and random effects approaches. We aligned our results to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement.ResultsWe found 5080 articles in the PubMed (n = 3848) and ERIC (n = 1232) databases. After excluding duplicates (n = 33), we screened 5047 articles, of which 5012 were excluded. We then retrieved 44 full texts and synthesised 14, of which 4 had a high risk of bias. We did not find any studies assessing effectiveness of strategies for increasing publication nor citations of post-graduate research projects. We found an average publication proportion of 7% (95% CI 7–8%, Higgins I-squared 0.0% and Cochran’s Q p < 0.01) and 23% (95% CI 17–29%, Higgins I-squared of 98.4% and Cochran’s Q, p < 0.01) using fixed effects and random effects models, respectively. Two studies reported on the citation of post-graduate students’ studies, at 17% (95% CI 15–19%) in Uganda and a median citation of 1 study in Turkey (IQR 0.6–2.3). Only one included study reported on the determinants of productivity or use of post-graduate students’ research, suggesting that younger students were more likely to publish and cohort studies were more likely to be published.ConclusionsWe report on the low productivity of post-graduate students’ research in low- and middle-income countries, including the citation of post-graduate students’ research in evidence-informed health policy in low- and middle-income countries. Secondly, we did not find a single study that assessed strategies to increase productivity and use of post-graduate students’ research in evidence-informed health policy, a subject for future research.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12961-018-0360-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
“…We retrieved a total of 44 full text articles, of which 9 were from additional targeted searching; we finally reviewed 14 of them, with only 12 in the statistical meta-analysis. The main reason for excluding the full texts was not containing at least one outcome of interest and the two studies were dropped in the meta-analysis either because they lacked the primary outcome [ 9 ] or the primary outcome was not reported in a way to permit synthesis [ 10 ]. Fig.…”
BackgroundWhile several individual studies addressing research productivity of post-graduate students are available, a synthesis of effective strategies to increase productivity and the determinants of productivity in low-income countries has not been undertaken. Further, whether or not this research from post-graduate students’ projects was applied in evidence-informed decision-making was unknown. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review of literature to identify and assess the effectiveness of approaches that increase productivity (proportion published) or the application (proportion cited) of post-graduate students’ research, as well as to assess the determinants of post-graduate students’ research productivity and use.MethodsWe conducted a systematic review as per our a priori published protocol, also registered in PROSPERO (CRD42016042819). We searched for published articles in PubMed/MEDLINE and the ERIC databases through to July 2017. We performed duplicate assessments for included primary studies and resolved discrepancies by consensus. Thereafter, we completed a structured narrative synthesis and, for a subset of studies, we performed a meta-analysis of the findings using both fixed and random effects approaches. We aligned our results to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement.ResultsWe found 5080 articles in the PubMed (n = 3848) and ERIC (n = 1232) databases. After excluding duplicates (n = 33), we screened 5047 articles, of which 5012 were excluded. We then retrieved 44 full texts and synthesised 14, of which 4 had a high risk of bias. We did not find any studies assessing effectiveness of strategies for increasing publication nor citations of post-graduate research projects. We found an average publication proportion of 7% (95% CI 7–8%, Higgins I-squared 0.0% and Cochran’s Q p < 0.01) and 23% (95% CI 17–29%, Higgins I-squared of 98.4% and Cochran’s Q, p < 0.01) using fixed effects and random effects models, respectively. Two studies reported on the citation of post-graduate students’ studies, at 17% (95% CI 15–19%) in Uganda and a median citation of 1 study in Turkey (IQR 0.6–2.3). Only one included study reported on the determinants of productivity or use of post-graduate students’ research, suggesting that younger students were more likely to publish and cohort studies were more likely to be published.ConclusionsWe report on the low productivity of post-graduate students’ research in low- and middle-income countries, including the citation of post-graduate students’ research in evidence-informed health policy in low- and middle-income countries. Secondly, we did not find a single study that assessed strategies to increase productivity and use of post-graduate students’ research in evidence-informed health policy, a subject for future research.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s12961-018-0360-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
“…Pós-graduação em enfermagem na Universidade de Brasília: aspectos históricos de um processo de construção coletiva (18) The stricto sensu modality grew dramatically in the period from (19) There is a concentration of graduate programs in southeastern Brazil, this is due to the fact that the first nurses who took the course in the United States were from this region. However, even today there is greater funding for the Southeast Region, configuring an asymmetry of programs.…”
Section: Level Of Evidence Journal/year/statementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The articles (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26) that make up this category address focal and essential points in the history of graduate nursing in Brazil, highlighting the importance of specialized knowledge for professional evolution. It is highlighted that, in addition to the analysis of nursing expertise and credentialism, such productions play a role in socializing knowledge from the history of this profession that needs to be reiterated by society under state control (28) .…”
Section: Institutionalization Of Graduate Courses In Brazilian Nursingmentioning
Objectives: to analyze the scientific productions about the history of graduate studies in Brazilian nursing in the light of Eliot Freidson’s Sociology of the Professions. Methods: an integrative review, carried out in the databases indexed in Virtual Health Library. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses recommendations were followed. Thematic content analysis and Eliot Freidson’s concepts were adopted. Results: two categories emerged: “Institutionalization of graduate courses in Brazilian nursing”, highlighting the historical process of professionalization in nursing through transition from empirical to professional care, subsidized by the monopoly of the construction of one’s own knowledge; “The scientific production of graduate nursing in Brazil”, showing the strengthening of a new generation of nurse researchers, given the greater scientificity in teaching due to implementation of graduate studies. Final Considerations: the analyzes present the historicity of graduate studies’ institutionalization, supporting the understanding of professionalization outlines of Brazilian nursing.
“…The historical process of Brazilian nursing qualification through postgraduate courses (stricto sensu) began in 1972, with the aim of training nurse researchers for the practice of lecturing and for undertaking research, [18] aspects which indicate the care-related and academic focus desired for nursing in Brazil.…”
Section: The Birth Of Scientific Nursingmentioning
This reflection article deals with the nursing profession and its skills. The discussion begins with the birth of nursing and how it has advanced from the angel of nursing to scientific technical nursing in some parts of the world. The aim of this paper is to present a new kind of nurse, the patient advocate and its relation with clinical economics. The work of the "Patient Advocate" is based in the best health care, observing lower costs of resources, particularly those which affect the patient's quality of life, and identifying and questioning the team's decisions which are not supported by the principles of clinical economics. As a result, "Patient Advocate" is a proposal that encourages social actors to invest in the academic training of nursing personnel as well as in improving nurses' clinical and methodological competency, proactivity, and leadership in relation to health care.
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