[Qualis periodical: view of an academic on medical graduation].
The QUALIS classification for the national system of post graduation has currently adopted a new ranking method developed for analysis of their periodicals and programs that has little to do with the quality of scientific production. The academic field involves so many subtleties of quality that the ideal of quantification to assess publications has aroused the justified dissatisfaction of many. We understand that the assessment of academic training must be a current goal of educational institutions that provide graduation and post-graduation. . Under this concept, quality is a key to the development of abilities and skills of a society in constant transformation. To modify this system of assessment requiring from academics teaching and scientific skills that do not always result from research activity, will further development on the institutional, faculty and student level..
Lucena
Adson Freitas de
AF
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE. adsonbr@gmail.com
Tibúrcio
Rachel Vasconcelos
RV
D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000592:standards*