Implementación del programa Formación Internacional por Lenguas Extranjeras (FILEX) en Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de Guadalajara y sus resultados

This article presents the results obtained in the diagnosis carried out by 1st and 3rd year Undergraduates of some of the degrees offered by the Health Sciences Center of the University of Guadalajara, in relation to the level of English that the students had as a Foreign Language, and a brief summary of the results achieved after the implementation of the FILEX program through the self-access learning center. It emphasize the importance and the necessity of contemplating the academic offer of obligatory English teaching, to ensure  2 that students graduate with a level B1 according to the MCRE, as well as ensuring the possibility of participating in the student movement achieving some of the goals of the institutional development plan.El artículo presenta los resultados obtenidos en el diagnóstico efectuado a alumnos de 1ro y 3ro. De pregrado de algunas de las carreras ofertadas por el Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de Guadalajara, con relación al dominio del inglés como lengua extranjera, así como una breve reseña de los resultados obtenidos al implementar el programa FILEX a través del Centro de Autoacceso, enfatizando la importancia y la necesidad de que se contemple en la oferta académica la enseñanza del inglés de manera obligatoria para lograr que los alumnos egresen con un Nivel B1 según el (MCRE) además de contar con la posibilidad participar en la movilidad estudiantil logrando así algunas de las metas del plan de desarrollo institucional

Implementación del programa Formación Internacional por Lenguas Extranjeras (FILEX) en Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de Guadalajara y sus resultados.

This article presents the results obtained in the diagnosis carried out by 1st and 3rd year Undergraduates of some of the degrees offered by the Health Sciences Center of the University of Guadalajara, in relation to the level of English that the students had as a Foreign Language, and a brief summary of the results achieved after the implementation of the FILEX program through the self-access learning center. It emphasize the importance and the necessity of contemplating the academic offer of obligatory English teaching, to ensure  2 that students graduate with a level B1 according to the MCRE, as well as ensuring the possibility of participating in the student movement achieving some of the goals of the institutional development plan.  El artículo presenta los resultados obtenidos en el diagnóstico efectuado a alumnos de 1ro y 3ro. De pregrado de algunas de las carreras ofertadas por el Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de Guadalajara, con relación al dominio del inglés como lengua extranjera, así como una breve reseña de los resultados obtenidos al implementar el programa FILEX a través del Centro de Autoacceso, enfatizando la importancia y la necesidad de que se contemple en la oferta académica la enseñanza del inglés de manera obligatoria para lograr que los alumnos egresen con un Nivel B1 según el (MCRE) además de contar con la posibilidad participar en la movilidad estudiantil logrando así algunas de las metas del plan de desarrollo institucional.    

Association of Health and Psychological Factors with Academic Achievement and Non-Verbal Intelligence in University Students with Low Academic Performance: The Influence of Sex

Academic achievement, measured with the grade point average (GPA), is a stable characteristic that has been associated with many sociodemographic and psychological variables; however, the relation of these variables with GPA has not been totally elucidated. The objective of this study was to perform an association of health, psychological and personal variables with GPA and non-verbal intelligence in low-academic performance population according to sex. We invited health sciences university students who had failed the same subject twice to complete a set of sociodemographic and psychological variables and a non-verbal intelligence test. The GPA, admission exam test and preparatory GPA were obtained. We included 124 students, and found that GPA was associated with non-verbal intelligence in women but not in men; in whom, having a job and having a romantic partner, were more correlated. In women, positive relations with others, emotion perception and weekly physical activity hours were marginally correlated with GPA; while in men, emotion regulation and self-motivation had a tendency of correlation with GPA. In addition, we found that non-verbal intelligence was associated somatization and the number of diseases in women. Academic achievement is regulated by different variables in each sex; therefore, intervention programs addressed by sex are needed to increase it

Association of Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Stress-Coping Strategies with Somatization and Number of Diseases According to Sex in the Mexican General Population

Somatization and number of diseases are interrelated variables, whose association with stress-coping strategies, according to sex, has not been investigated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate such association in a sample of the Mexican general population. The general population was invited to answer an electronic questionnaire via the social networks—e-mail, WhatsApp and Facebook—by the research team. A sample of 1008 adults was obtained, of which 62.2% were women, in whom we detected higher levels of negative psychological variables, somatization and number of diseases and lower levels of sleep quality. Positive moderate correlations were found between depresion, anxiety and stress with somatization, on one hand, and with the number of diseases, on the other, and negative moderate correlations were found between sleep quality and the two dependent variables. As for the coping strategies, self-blame, behavioral disengagement, denial, self-distraction and substance use were positively correlated with somatization. Of these, self-blame, substance use, and self-distraction also showed a positive correlation with number of diseases in both sexes. Negative correlations were detected for active coping and the two dependent variables in men and for religion and planning with somatization in women. In conclusion, the coping strategies showed significant correlations with somatization and number of diseases in both sexes