INTENCIÓN DE LOS ALUMNOS DE INTERNADO ESTOMATOLÓGICO DE REALIZAR LA TESIS UNIVERSITARIA.

Objective. To determine the percentage of dental internship students who has the intention of make or not a university thesis. Material and methods. 139 dental intership students of San Martin de Porres University in Lima, Peru 2011 were polled through a questionnaire which evaluated three dimensions: attitudinal, academic and institutional. Results. The intention of dental intership students of the FO-USMP to make a university thesis is 54,68%. No significant differences were found in the intention to make the thesis in student's sex and age (p=0,892) (p=0,904). According to the dimensions studied the attitudinal character is favorable (61%), followed by institutional and academic. On the other hand, an 81,29% know the scientific method in theory, but a 69,78% did not consider it sufficient for the development of a thesis, for this reason, the promotion of research workshops 90,65% and production of thesis courses 89,93% obtained the highest percentages. Conclusions. Over half of students intend to make a thesis, academic is the dimension that requires further attention and attitudinal character wich obtained wide acceptance. Sex had no influence on the decision of making thesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]