title: [Critical reading ability in research during medical internship].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate level of development that medical interns achieve, before graduating, in critical reading ability during their internship in five general hospitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  During the academic year, we compared the initial and final scores of critical reading of medical interns before graduation in five general hospitals in IMSS. An instrument using 98 items that explored interpretation, judgment and proposal was developed and validated by four medical education researchers. In hospitals 1, 4, and 5, professors developed active-participative strategies related to critical reading in clinical research. In Hospital 2, no course was given and in Hospital 3, a traditional course (mainly clinical exposure) was offered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The final global scores were better for those students in Hospitals 1, 4 and 5 versus Hospitals 2 and 3 (median: 31, 29, 31 versus 9 and 24) (Kruskal-Wallis < 0.05). Initial and final differences in global and interpretation, judgment and proposal were also better in those same students.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Active-participative educational strategies may develop the ability for critical reading of clinical research in internship and these strategies must be included in the curriculum during internship.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social, Delegación Nuevo León. educanl@sysop.com.mx
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cobos Aguilar
authors.forename: Myriam D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Insfrán Sánchez
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pérez Cortéz
authors.forename: Norberto E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Elizaldi Lozano
authors.forename: Eleazar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hernández Dávila
authors.forename: Juventino
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barrera Monita
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011932:Reading