Visibility strategies for the strengthening of research in Latin American dentistry schools

Abstract

For the integral formation of students of the Dentistry career in Latin America, the When the issue of visibility becomes stronger in university institutions, it is inevitable to explain the status of comprehensive training that includes research in careers. In this regard, students of the Dentistry career in Latin America: in particular, have been timidly observed in this research process. That is why it is essential to strengthen it to increase the quality and national and international visibility of the intellectual product of each country that emerges from the academic faculty of Dentistry. Addressing the Panamanian case, this does not escape this reality, it requires greater push, seedbeds, and advisors in order to guide by accompanying the student hand. For the research carried out, the Latin University of Panama was defined as delimitation, considering the general objective of designing a visibility strategy for strengthening research in Dental Schools, also serving as a multiplier guide in these latitudes. Under a qualitative paradigm, episteme of the problem, a hermeneutical approach to the solution is made, with a development of documentary design. Among the evidence obtained, a critical route was obtained to update the research lines in the organization under study, which had the following components: a) Review of current lines, b) Analysis of curriculum potentialities at grade level, Postgraduate studies previously approved by the Technical Commission of Accreditation (CTDA), c) Workshops on the content that justify the lines, d) Commitments to continuous improvement. Among the conclusions can be affirmed, the research process inserted in a transversal, theoretical-practical way, immersed in educational activities, with an axis on which critical thinking is developed, all registered for the consolidation in scientific manuscripts to achieve international visibility in the search for the ranking longed for by universities based on intellectual products and innovation according to needs.