Abstract
Investigative competencies are necessary to carry out an optimal and efficient research process. Descriptive research is presented whose general objective is to design a proposal of investigative competencies in the areas of the study plan of the medical career. The specific objectives are: to characterize the teachers and students of the medical career, identify the research activities in progress, describe the scientific and technical competences for the performance of the research and design a proposal of investigative competences in the three areas of the plan of study of the medical career of an Ecuadorian university.
Highlights
Research constitutes the central axis of academic work and becomes the mode of instruction, so that, for teachers, a relationship of endless commitments is generated with the advancement of scientific knowledge and the culture of humanity, relating to very narrow form: teaching and research. (Hernández, 2002)
The development of research competence in education has been debated for several decades, many scholars on the subject agree that they allow university graduates to provide solutions to professional problems from a scientific and investigative conception
The work of the health sciences teacher is to ensure throughout the training period the habit of reflecting deeply on what is studied and transmitting a research culture of analysis and reflection to their students, one of the ways to achieve this is by exercising thought critic in the classroom
Summary
The relationship between teaching and research has been considered an essential interaction space throughout the history and development of education, the quality of educational institutions is evaluated nationally and internationally, on the basis of various criteria, of which one of the most important is related to the research activity of teachers, the execution of projects, the products of research, among other indicators (Hernández, 2002). In this sense, research constitutes the central axis of academic work and becomes the mode of instruction, so that, for teachers, a relationship of endless commitments is generated with the advancement of scientific knowledge and the culture of humanity, relating to very narrow form: teaching and research. The above requires the design and implementation of procedures for investigative work from the teaching activity that allow establishing actions that guarantee the training and development of research in students, as well as the increase of investigative activity in the teaching staff
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