The Bibliometric Analysis of the Postgraduate Theses Written on Medical Parasitology in Türkiye.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the theses prepared in the field of medical parasitology in Türkiye and to reveal the importance given to the science of parasitology in the groves of academe and to raise awareness in this field. Methods: Council of Higher Education's National Thesis Center database has been analyzed postgraduate these documents conducted in the field of medical parasitology from January 1985 to September 2022. Results: As a result of the examining, 393 theses made in the field of medical parasitology were detected. It was determined that 52.9% of the theses prepared were master, 28% of PhD and 19.1% were the thesis of medical specialty thesis and 61.3% of the theses prepared were related to protozoa, 16.5% of helminths, 8.6% arthropods and 12.2% of intestinal parasites (helminth and protozoa). The top five types of parasites in the theses were Toxoplasma gondii, Leishmania spp., Echinococcus spp., Giardia intestinalis and Cryptosporidium spp. respectively. Conclusion: In conclusion, it was of the opinion that more importance should be given to the field of medical parasitology in Türkiye.

Doctoral theses at the medical faculty of Tunis from 2015 to 2017: Scientific publication rates and associated factors.

INTRODUCTION: Medical doctoral thesis publication is a way to ensure knowledge dissemination and to increase the scientific research visibility. AIM: To determine thesis-related publication's rate at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis (FMT), and identify associated factors. METHODS: Cross-sectional retrospective study including medical theses registered at the FMT over the study period (2015-2017). All publications related to the defended thesis were collated by scanning Scopus and Google scholar databases, up to April 2022. Binary logistic regression was performed to assess associated factors to publication. Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) were presented with 95% confidence interval. RESULTS: Out of 878 defended theses, 11.8% (n=104) were published. Out of 130 publications in total, 90 (69.2%) interested Scopus-indexed journals with a mean Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) of 0.70. The publication was in English in 73.1% of cases. The median time between the thesis defense and the first scientific publication was 15 months. In multivariable analysis, associated factors to "at least one thesis-related publication" were the resident status of the candidate (AOR=2.35 [1.2-4.7]) and the grade assistant professor of the thesis supervisor (AOR=2.48 [1.1-5.6]). CONCLUSION: Compared to the number of defended theses, the thesis-related publication's rate at the FMT is relatively low. Thus, enhanced support for doctoral students to optimize their engagement in research and to consequently promote scientific publication is highly recommended.

A practical guide for writing a PhD thesis.

There is an increasing number of PhD students in health sciences, but no formal reporting guideline for writing a thesis exists. This review provides a practical guide with an overview of the article-based/synopsis PhD thesis that consists of eight parts: 1) initial formalities, 2) introduction, 3) methodological considerations, 4) study presentations, 5) discussion, 6) conclusion, 7) perspectives, and 8) concluding formalities. It is elaborated with detailed information, practical advice, and a template, so the thesis complies with the demands of the Danish Graduate Schools of Health Sciences.

Publication of pediatric theses defended at the Tunis Faculty of Medicine: A 15-year study.

INTRODUCTION: The valorisation of thesis through its publication is necessary to enhance its visibility. Few data exist concerning the characteristics of theses defended at the Tunis faculty of medicine. AIM: Examine the publication rate of pediatric theses and identify factors associated with an increased publication rate. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive bibliometric study of pediatric theses defended at the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis over 15 years, from 2006 to 2020. Theses were retrieved from the catalog of the faculty library. Publications had been searched in databases "Pub Med ", and "Google Scholar" until December2021. RESULTS: The study involved 235 pediatric theses. Sixty-eight theses were published, representing 29% of the total. The main topics of published theses were neonatology (16%) and hematology (15%). The language of publication was French and English in 55% and 45% of cases, respectively. All publications in Q1 and Q2 journals were written in English. The only independent factor predicting publication of theses was the very honourable mention with congratulations of the jury and proposal for the thesis prize (p=0,007). CONCLUSION: Additional assessments will be necessary to identify the obstacles to the publication of theses.

Learning evidence-based practice by writing the bachelor's thesis - A prospective cohort study in undergraduate nursing education.

BACKGROUND: Evidence-based practice has been the desirable healthcare standard for decades. To ensure evidence-based healthcare in the future, nursing education curricula must include strategies for teaching evidence-based practice to nursing students. Learning outcomes about evidence-based practice might be incorporated into courses like the bachelor's thesis. AIM: This study investigates whether writing a bachelor's thesis influences nursing students' practice, skills, and attitudes towards evidence-based practice, and explores whether there are differences between students writing the thesis as a literature study and students conducting empirical studies. DESIGN: This Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study collects data on students' practice, skills, and attitudes towards evidence-based practice through the Student Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire and two questions from the Norwegian version of the Evidence-Based Practice profile questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS: The sample consists of 314 nursing students writing their bachelor's thesis in the last term of their nursing education. The responding students represent all institutions of higher education in Norway. METHODS: Paired t-tests were used to examine changes in the subscales practice, retrieving/reviewing, sharing/applying, attitudes and total scale for the Student Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire from before they started to submission of the bachelor's thesis. Linear multiple regression analyses were conducted to explore differences between students writing a literature study and students conducting empirical studies. RESULTS: The analysis showed that the nursing students significantly increased in the three subscales practice, retrieving/reviewing, and sharing/applying, in addition to the total scale for the questionnaire, while writing the bachelor's thesis. Further, the analysis showed no difference on the scales between the groups of students writing a literature study or conducting an empirical study. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate that writing the bachelor's thesis leads to increased learning about evidence-based practice and does not depend on the kind of thesis the students write.

Nursing students' expectations of group supervision while writing a bachelor thesis: A pre-post survey.

BACKGROUND: Writing a bachelor thesis has a central role in nursing education. Nursing students require both information and academic literacy in order to write their theses, and there is an expectation that these skills will contribute to putting their knowledge into practice. OBJECTIVES: To describe students' perceptions of the student and supervisor roles and to investigate students' experienced self-efficacy during the supervision of their bachelor thesis. DESIGN: A cross-sectional pre-post design. SETTINGS: Four universities were included. All four had bachelor thesis courses organized as a group supervision process, with a student active approach. Nursing students met together one hour prior to meeting with their supervisor, in order to discuss concerns, try to solve upcoming problems, and plan the agenda for the upcoming supervision session. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 472 undergraduate nursing students were invited to participate. METHODS: A web-based questionnaire was used, incorporating the Supervision of Thesis Questionnaire and the General Self-Efficacy Scale. Data were collected at two points: before and after the thesis course. Descriptive statistics and frequencies were calculated, and the independent t-test and Mann-Whitney U test were used for analytic analysis. RESULTS: The response rate was 39 % (160/472) pre-course and 28 % (130/472) post-course. Nursing students had high expectations of supervision at both time points. Students reporting high self-efficacy had higher expectations of the supervisor's knowledge of the subject and the methods, compared to those reporting lower self-efficacy. CONCLUSIONS: Nursing students reported high expectations for the supervision process, the supervisor, and themselves, both when entering and when ending the bachelor thesis course. Self-efficacy may contribute to these expectations. Active learning in a group (i.e., collaborative learning) may contribute to nursing students' commitment during the group supervision process in a bachelor thesis course. Further studies are warranted on the optimal group composition to support learning during bachelor thesis courses.

Difficulties in Accessing the List and Full Text of the Defended PhD Theses from Medical Schools: a Retrospective Case Study from Croatia.

OBJECTIVE: To conduct scientometric studies on PhD ("Doctor of Philosophy") theses (i.e., doctoral theses), researchers should be able to access the theses. We aimed to explore how to obtain a list and full text of the defended PhD theses from medical schools in Croatia over 30 years (from the beginning of 1992 to the end of 2021). METHODS: We tried to obtain information from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), universities, medical schools and online repositories. RESULTS: We could not find a single list (source) of all PhD theses. Based on 4 different sources (website of the University of Zagreb and Medical School in Rijeka; school administrator from Split; library catalog from Osijek), we gathered information that from the beginning of 1992 to the end of 2021, there were 2955 PhD theses defended at medical schools in Croatia - 357 in Osijek, 550 in Rijeka, 337 in Split and 1711 in Zagreb. In May 2022, the online Croatian Digital Dissertations Repository contained 631 (22%) of full-text theses in Portable Document Format (PDF). University of Zagreb School of Medicine has its own repository that holds the full text of 834 (49%) of their PhD theses. One of the three PhD programs of the University of Split School of Medicine, namely Translational Research in Biomedicine (TRIBE), published full texts of all PhD theses defended at that program on its website. NSK held 2650 (90%) of the theses in a printed version. CONCLUSION: It was extremely challenging to access the list and full texts of doctoral theses defended in Croatia. Making PhD theses publicly available would ensure transparency and enable analyses that should improve scientific policy.

Perspective of radiography science - a document analysis of dissertations.

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to clarify the perspective of radiography science as an academic discipline. A discipline can be studied by discovering the collective use of concepts, especially core concepts. We have previously identified the core concepts as clinical practices in radiography, radiographers' profession, safe and high-quality radiation use, and technology in radiography. The relationships between these concepts have not been studied previously. In order to clarify the perspective of radiography science we have investigated further the core concepts, their interrelationships and interdependencies. METHODS: Altogether, 53 dissertations meeting the inclusion criteria were selected for a qualitative document analysis. The data were first analysed deductively using an extraction matrix comprising four core concepts developed from previous studies, then relational statements were synthesised, and the statements were analysed semantically. RESULTS: Analysis revealed the bilateral interrelationships between the concepts and their dependencies. All the concepts were used within healthcare. The rationale for radiography science research was the clinical practice of radiography and the improvement of services in a complex environment as a part of patients' pathways. Safe and high-quality radiation use was investigated as a means to deliver optimal services. Technology was studied as being functional or a means to deliver services. The perspective of the discipline was seen as the combination of humanistic interaction with advanced technology, where safety and quality were a necessity. CONCLUSIONS: Defining core concepts and their interrelations clarifies the perspective of the discipline and gives radiography researchers a way to argue their viewpoint.

Tesis doctorales españolas de ciencias de la salud en materia de género (1976-2022) / Spanish doctoral thesis in health sci-ences on gender subjects (1976-2022)

Objetivo principal: analizar cuantitativamente la producción de las tesis doctorales en materia sanitaria relacionadas con el género en España. Metodología: síntesis cuantitativa de indicadores de productividad de las tesis doctorales conseguidas en la base de datos española TESEO y defendidas en Universidades españolas entre 1976 y 2022. Los análisis empleados han sido descriptivos y el cálculo de predicción se basó en la metodología del modelo Holt-Winters. Resultados principales: el 18,75% de las tesis defendidas pertenecen a una Universidad de Madrid. El 75% de ellas son defendidas por graduados en Medicina. La temática de las tesis es en el 25% la violencia de género. El 87,5% son doctoras, pero solamente el 44% de las mujeres dirigen tesis. La predicción para los futuros 24 años indica que se generará alrededor de 1 tesis al año. Conclusión principal: la investigación española en tesis doctorales clínicas de género es escasa y masculinizada.(AU)

Main objective: to quantitatively analyze the production of gender-related doctoral theses in health in Spain. Methodology: quantitative synthesis of productivity indicators of the doctoral theses obtained in the Spanish TESEO database and defended in Spanish Universities between 1976 and 2022. The analyzes used have been descriptive and the prediction calculation was based on the methodology of the Holt- Winters. Main results: 18.75% of the theses defended belong to a University of Madrid. 75% of them are defended by graduates in Medicine. The theme of the theses is gender violence in 25%. 87.5% are doctors, but only 44% of women direct theses. The prediction for the future 24 years indicates that around 1 thesis will be generated per year. Main conclusion: Spanish research in gender clinical doctoral theses is scarce and masculinized.(AU)

Relación entre los niveles de autoeficacia y disposición para realizar una tesis en estudiantes peruanos de Odontología / Relationship between levels of self-efficacy and willingness to do a thesis in peruvian dental students

Introducción: Algunos estudiantes logran desarrollar la tesis con mayor facilidad que otros. De ese modo surgen motivos para el aumento de la predisposición y el rendimiento satisfactorio, así como el incremento de las competencias desarrolladas durante el pregrado. Este rendimiento se encuentra asociado a mayor motivación para las actividades de investigación y la sensación de autoeficacia para la realización de las tareas. Objetivo: Analizar la relación existente entre los niveles de autoeficacia y la disposición para realizar la tesis universitaria. Métodos: Estudio analítico transversal, que incluyó 113 estudiantes de los dos últimos años de la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima, Perú). Se utilizó la técnica de la encuesta con dos escalas: "autoeficacia para realizar la tesis" (dos dimensiones y 14 preguntas) y "disposición para realizar la tesis" (cuatro dimensiones y 44 preguntas). Se empleó la prueba de correlación de Pearson para analizar las puntuaciones de cada variable. Resultados: La autoeficacia obtuvo una puntuación general de 1,61 ± 0,53. No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre estudiantes de quinto e internado. La disposición tuvo una puntuación general de 4,04 ± 0,34. Se encontró correlación significativa entre las variables para todos los encuestados (p 0,05). Las puntuaciones de las mujeres evidenciaron correlación, existiendo significancia entre la autoeficacia para realizar la tesis y la disposición hacerla (p < 0,01; r = 0,430). No existió tal correlación en el grupo de los varones. Conclusiones: Existe una relación entre las puntuaciones de la "autoeficacia para realizar la tesis" y la "disposición para realizar la tesis" en un grupo de estudiantes de Odontología. Esta correlación se mantiene en las mujeres y no se presenta en los varones. Los estudiantes de quinto año evidenciaron mayores puntuaciones promedio respecto a ambas variables(AU)

Introduction: Some students manage to advance their thesis projects much easily than others. Thus, reasons arise for the increase in predisposition and satisfactory performance, as well as the increase in the skills developed during the undergraduate course. This performance is associated with greater motivation for research activities and the feeling of self-efficacy to carry out tasks. Objective: To evaluate the relationship between the levels of self-efficacy and the disposition to carry out the degree thesis. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried including113 students from the last two years of the School of Dentistry of Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. The survey technique was used with two scales: self-efficacy to achieve the thesis (two dimensions and 14 questions) and willingness to achieve the thesis (four dimensions and 44 questions). Pearson's correlation test was used to analyze the scores for each variable. Results: Self-efficacy obtained a general score of 1.61 ± 0.53. No significant differences were found between fifth and boarding school students. The disposition had an overall score of 4.04 ± 0.34. A significant correlation was found between the variables for all the respondents (p 0.05) was analyzed. Scores in women showed a correlation, significante between self-efficacy to achieve the thesis and willingness to do so (p < 0.01; r = 0.430). There was no such correlation in the male group. Conclusions: There is relationship between the scores of "self-efficacy to do the thesis" and the "willingness to do the thesis" in a group of dentistry students. This correlation is maintained in women and is not present in men. Fifth-year students showed higher average scores regarding both variables(AU)

Development and Validation of the Self-efficacy for Writing and Defending Academic Texts Scale1 / El desarrollo y la validación de la escala de autoeficacia para escribir y defender textos académicos

Writing and defending a thesis is a requirement to earn a university degree. Previous findings indicate that self-efficacy is related to academic performance. However, no existing tools register students’ perception of efficacy towards writing and defining academic texts. Our purpose was to develop and validate such a scale. Scale scores content, structural, convergent, and criterion-related validity as well as the measurement invariance across sex was evaluated using data from 418 students from 23 Spanish universities. Our findings showed that the scale holds a unidimensional structure that is invariant across sex. Data also supported the convergent validity, with correlations with self-efficacy and anxiety measures. The scale could track the effect of an educational intervention designed to improve students’ writing and defending academic texts skills, and the scores were related to performance on a writing task. Norms are provided to facilitate the interpretation of the scale scores.(AU)

Redactar y defender una tesina es un requisito para obtener un título universitario. La investigación previa indica que la autoeficacia está relacionada con el rendimiento académico. Sin embargo, no existen instrumentos que registren la percepción de la eficacia de los estudiantes para escribir y definir textos académicos. Nuestro objetivo fue desarrollar y validar una escala de este tipo. Se recopilaron pruebas de validez de contenido, estructural, convergente y de criterio y de invarianza de medida entre sexos, utilizando datos de 418 estudiantes de 23 universidades españolas. La escala presenta una estructura unidimensional invariante en cuanto al sexo. También se encontraron correlaciones con medidas de autoeficacia y ansiedad. La escala pudo seguir el efecto de una intervención educativa diseñada para mejorar las habilidades de escritura y defensa de textos académicos, y se encontró relación con el rendimiento en una tarea de escritura. Se proporcionan baremos para interpretar las puntuaciones.(AU)

Experiencia de estudiantes de enfermería sobre asesoría virtual de tesis académica en una universidad privada en Perú / The Experience of Nursing Students with Respect to Virtual Academic Thesis Advising at a Peruvian Private University

Introducción: La situación de pandemia, intrincada por el miedo y la incertidumbre por sucesos sanitarios con secuelas sociales, laborales y económicas, acompañados de confinamiento, mediatizó la enseñanza presencial hacia la enseñanza virtual para asistir a los estudiantes en sus asesorías de tesis. Objetivo: Describir la experiencia de estudiantes de enfermería sobre la asesoría virtual de tesis académica en una universidad privada en Perú. Métodos: Investigación cualitativa con abordaje descriptivo exploratorio, ejecutada de agosto a octubre del 2021. La población estuvo integrada por 35 estudiantes de enfermería de una universidad privada de Chiclayo, Perú, que cursaban el último semestre, y la muestra, obtenida por la técnica de saturación y redundancia, por 13 estudiantes. Para recolectar los datos se usó la entrevista semiestructurada a través de la plataforma Zoom previo consentimiento informado. Luego se procesó la información con el análisis de contenido temático. Resultados: Se obtuvieron cuatro categorías: a) Beneficios de la asesoría virtual, b) Dificultades de la asesoría virtual, c) Uso de medios de comunicación digital para la asesoría virtual y d) Sugerencias para mejorar la asesoría virtual de la tesis académica. Conclusiones: Los estudiantes de enfermería han experimentado mayor acompañamiento del asesor de tesis y ahorro económico al recibir la asesoría virtual de su tesis académica, aunque presentaron dificultad con el uso de Internet, sobre todo al inicio de la COVID-19. Dicha asesoría se desarrolló a través del Zoom, Meet de Google, WhatsApp, correo y llamadas telefónicas. De modo que la asesoría virtual se podría mantener en el futuro(AU)

Introduction: The pandemic situation, complicated by fear and uncertainty due to health-related events with social, labor and economic sequels, as well as accompanied by lockdown, encouraged the reorientation of face-to-face teaching towards virtual teaching with the aim of advising students in the completion of their thesis. Objective: To describe the experience of Nursing students with respect to virtual academic thesis advising at a Peruvian private university. Methods: A qualitative research with an exploratory descriptive approach was conducted from August to October 2021. The population consisted of 35 Nursing students from a private university in Chiclayo, Peru, who were in their last semester; while the sample, obtained using the saturation and redundancy technique, was 13 students. To collect the data, a semistructured interview was carried out through the Zoom platform with prior informed consent. Then, the information was processed using thematic content analysis. Results: Four categories were obtained: a) benefits of virtual advising, b) difficulties of virtual advising, c) usage of digital media for virtual advising, and d) suggestions for improving virtual advising of academic thesis. Conclusions: Nursing students have experienced greater accompaniment from their thesis advisors, as well as economic savings, when receiving virtual advising for their academic thesis; although they presented difficulties with the use of Internet, especially at the beginning of COVID-19. Such advising was developed through Zoom, Google Meet, WhatsApp, email and phone calls. Therefore, virtual advising could be maintained in the future(AU)

Ações e condições da privação de liberdade, segundo dissertações de mestrado (2007-2016) / Actuaciones y condiciones de privación de libertad según tesis de maestría (2007-2016) / Actions and conditions of deprivation of liberty according to master's dissertations (2007-2016)

RESUMO Em seu capítulo sobre medidas socioeducativas, o Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA) propõe a aplicação de medidas a adolescentes autores de atos infracionais, cujo caráter deve ser educativo e não punitivo. O objetivo desse trabalho foi mapear as dissertações indexadas na base Capes sobre a privação de liberdade de adolescentes defendidas entre 2007 e 2016 que respondiam ao problema de pesquisa: 'Quais as contribuições da privação de liberdade como medida socioeducativa para o desenvolvimento de jovens no Brasil?', tendo sido identificadas 1.133 dissertações. Para atender ao objetivo proposto, realizou-se uma pesquisa documental, na qual foram selecionadas 174 dissertações e foi possível perceber vários problemas na execução da medida socioeducativa e que estão em desacordo com as prescrições do Sinase. Em muitos casos, a concepção punitiva se sobrepõe ao aspecto pedagógico, levando a uma aproximação entre o sistema socioeducativo e o sistema prisional. Destaca-se a necessidade de os órgãos responsáveis fiscalizarem os centros socioeducativos para a garantia do cumprimento das normativas.

RESUMEN En su capítulo sobre medidas socioeducativas, el Estatuto de la Infancia y de la Adolescencia (ECA) propone la aplicación de medidas a los adolescentes que han cometido infracciones cuyo carácter debe ser educativo y no punitivo. El objetivo de este trabajo fue mapear las disertaciones indexadas en la base de datos CAPES sobre la privación de libertad de adolescentes defendidas entre 2007 y 2016 que respondió al problema de investigación: '¿Cuáles son las contribuciones de la privación de libertad como una medida socioeducativa para el desarrollo de los jóvenes en Brasil?', habiendo sido identificados 1133 disertaciones. Para cumplir con el objetivo propuesto, se realizó una investigación documental, en la que se seleccionaron 174 disertaciones y se pudo percibir varios problemas en la ejecución de la medida socioeducativa y que están en desacuerdo con las prescripciones del SINASE. En muchos casos, la concepción punitiva se superpone al aspecto pedagógico, lo que lleva a una aproximación entre el sistema socioeducativo y el sistema penitenciario. Se destaca la necesidad de que los organismos responsables inspeccionen los centros socioeducativos para garantizar el cumplimiento de la normativa.

ABSTRACT In its chapter on socio-educational measures, the Statute of Children and Adolescents (ECA) proposes the application of measures to adolescents who have committed infractions whose character must be educational and not punitive. The objective of this work was to map the dissertations indexed in the CAPES database on the deprivation of liberty of adolescents defended between 2007 and 2016 that answered the research problem: 'What are the contributions of the deprivation of liberty as a socio-educational measure for the development of young people in Brazil?', having identified 1133 dissertations defended in this period. In order to meet the proposed objective, a documentary research was carried out, in which 174 dissertations were selected and it was possible to perceive several problems in the execution of the socio-educational measure and which are in disagreement with the SINASE prescriptions. In many cases, the punitive conception overlaps the pedagogical aspect, leading to an approximation between the socio-educational system and the prison system. The need for the responsible bodies to inspect the socio-educational centers is highlighted in order to guarantee compliance with the regulations.