Normalització de termes en recerca clínica amb medicaments: en exemple de col·laboració multidisciplinària i entre institucions

The lack of a Catalan glossary or a technical dictionary in the field of medical literature and furthermore in the research of medicines and clinical morpharmacology frequently leads to problems in the use of Catalan in these areas. The essay describes the process in which a list containing some of these words, mostly of English origin, was normalised and published in Catalan. Beginning with a list of 376 Catalan words and expressions that were difficult to translate, we observed that some already had a widely known translation due to their common use, others had recently been normalised and the rest were still awaiting their examination and normalisation. In a second phase 42 of these words and expressions, which are also explained in this article, were discussed and normalised. To spread the procedure and its results and to offer them to those professionals who are likely to use these words, two medical essays and a leaflet were published. During the five fundamental project phases biomedical research specialistsand linguists as well as various institutions collaborated without which it would have been difficult to establish the objective of the project. We believe that similar works can contribute to a better use of technical Catalan in professional health care

Public health competencies and contents in Spanish university degree programs of physical therapy, occupational therapy, environmental science, dentistry and veterinary science

Objetivo: Identificar competencias y contenidos básicos de salud pública para los programas de grado en fisioterapia, terapia ocupacional, ciencias ambientales, odontología y veterinaria, desde la perspectiva del profesorado de diversas universidades españolas. Método: En el contexto del II taller sobre contenidos de salud pública en los programas de grado (Mahón, 19-20 de septiembre de 2012), se organizaron cinco grupos de trabajo formados por 20 profesores/as de distintas universidades españolas, seleccionados de las guías docentes de salud pública y epidemiología publicadas en la página web de la Conferencia de Rectores de Universidades Españolas. Cada grupo trabajó sobre un grado y los resultados se discutieron en sesiones plenarias. Resultados: Para todas las titulaciones se identificaron actividades y competencias para las tres funciones esenciales de la salud pública. La mayoría de las competencias profesionales identificadas en cada uno de los grados correspondieron a la función «Valorar las necesidades de salud de la población». Los grupos de trabajo propusieron contenidos de epidemiología, introducción y conceptos de salud pública, intervención en salud pública, gestión sanitaria y políticas en salud. Las principales coincidencias en los contenidos de las titulaciones se dieron en los tres primeros. Conclusiones: Se han identificado competencias y contenidos de salud pública comunes a los distintos grados estudiados que pueden servir de punto de partida para iniciar una revisión más detallada de los programas de salud pública en los diferentes grados, y alcanzar un consenso sobre los contenidos comunes que debería incluir cada uno de ellosObjective: To identify the basic competencies and contents related to public health to be included in degree programs according to the perspective of lecturers from various Spanish universities. Method: In the context of the Second Workshop on Public Health Contents in Degree Programs (Mahon, 19 to 20 September 2012), 20 lecturers from different Spanish universities were distributed in five working groups. The lecturers had been selected from the instructional guides on public health and epidemiology published on the web sites of the Rectors’ Conference of Spanish Universities. Each group worked on a degree program and the results were discussed in plenary sessions. Results: The activities and competencies related to the three basic functions of public health were identified in all degree programs. Most of the professional competencies identified were related to the function of «assessment of population health needs». The contents proposed by the working groups related to epidemiology, basic concepts in public health, public health intervention, health management, and health policy. The main common topics among the degrees concerned the first three contents. Conclusions: Public health professional competencies and contents were identified in the degree programs examined. These results may serve as a starting point for a more detailed review of public health programs across degree levels and the search for a consensus on the common content that should be included in each of them.Fundación Dr. Antonio Esteve

Conflict of interest in science communication: more than a financial issue. Report from Esteve Foundation discussion group, April 2009

A systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that around 2% of scientists admit to have falsified research at least once. Up to 33% admit other questionable practices such as plagiarism, duplicate publication, undisclosed changes in pre-research protocols or dubious ethical behavior. There can be no doubt that discovered cases of research and publication misconduct represent a tip of an iceberg and many cases go unreported