Abstract
This study aims to identify the profile of undergraduate scientific production in nursing presented at the University of Sao Paulo Scientific Initiation Symposia (SIICUSP) between 1997 and 2004, to describe factors that can influence the profile of this production and to make a comparison with the study by PEREIRA et al (1999), which studied the same event between 1993 and 1996. The methodology was based on the analysis of nursing abstracts in SIICUSP proceedings during the studied period, which were classified according to research types, addressed themes, funding agencies and institutions/departments of origin. We identified that most studies were funded by agencies, that non-experimental research predominated and that sociocultural aspects stood out among the research themes. Public institutions provided the greatest contribution to scientific knowledge production. These characteristics are similar to those found by Pereira et al (1999) between 1993 and 1996. The comparative analysis between the production from 1997 and 2004 and PEREIRA et al’s results (1999) also revealed a progressive rise in the number of presented studies, as well as the increasing participation of other colleges in SIICUSP (restricted to USP until 1996). Scientific initiation is an important step in research training and a space to develop a knowledge consumption and production culture. Attention is fundamental to avoid scientific initiation from moving away from current society’s needs and from the subjects that motivate students, with a view to guaranteeing the growth, quality and valuation of nursing knowledge production.
Highlights
This study aims to identify the profile of undergraduate scientific production in nursing presented at the University of São Paulo Scientific Initiation Symposia (SIICUSP) between 1997 and 2004, to describe factors that can influence the profile of this production and to make a comparison with the study by PEREIRA et al (1999), which studied the same event between 1993 and 1996
The methodology was based on the analysis of nursing abstracts in SIICUSP proceedings during the studied period, which were classified according to research types, addressed themes, funding agencies and institutions/departments of origin
We identified that most studies were funded by agencies, that nonexperimental research predominated and that sociocultural aspects stood out among the research themes
Summary
Este evento foi inicialmente denominado SICUSP (Simpósio de Iniciação Científica da Universidade de São Paulo) e era destinado à apresentação de trabalhos produzidos pelos graduandos da USP. Para a análise das informações contidas nos resumos dos trabalhos, foi elaborado um instrumento de coleta de dados em forma de fichas para quantificar os elementos a serem considerados: instituição/departamento a qual pertence o autor, agência que financiou o estudo, tipo de estudo e temática abordada. Também foram encontradas informações incoerentes quanto às instituições às quais estavam vinculados os autores, o que foi solucionado com o auxílio de sites de busca na Internet. Tal classificação inclui as categorias: ensino; aspectos biológicos, químicos e/ou físicos; aspectos psíquicos e comportamentais; aspectos sócioculturais; revisão de literatura; estudos sobre serviços de saúde e trabalho. A classificação por temática se apresentou como um processo complexo devido à possibilidade de se incluir alguns resumos em mais de uma categoria. Os trabalhos do período citado foram comparados com os de 1993 a 1997 (PEREIRA et al, 1999) e classificados de acordo com os mesmos critérios
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