Ten years of experience of the Mexican Academy of Surgery in the promotion of the next generations of researchers

Abstract

Objective: To describe the productivity of the research works presented in the Interuniversity and resident doctors Competition of the Mexican Academy of Surgery since its origin in 2010. Method: Observational cross-sectional descriptive study in which the variables are considered: category of participation (university/resident) type of work (research, clinical case, etc.), university and institution of origin, type of presentation [poster/oral]) Descriptive statistics was used. Results: Since 2010, 9 interuniversity competitions and 8 resident doctors have been developed. A total of 974 papers were presented, predominantly residents (65.29%), oral presentations (54.51%) and original works (58.11%). 8.9% of the published works. Conclusions: The Contest is a good forum to disseminate research in the new generations of doctors.