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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2007-7459</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Horizonte sanitario]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Horiz. sanitario]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2007-7459</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, División Académica de Ciencias de la Salud]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2007-74592025000100199</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.19136/hs.a24.1.5849</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular: Una visión desde la enseñanza médica de pregrado]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Image: A view from undergraduate medical education]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Juárez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio Isahi]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kerik Rotenberg]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nora Estela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz Meneses]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iván Eudaldo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chávez Ramírez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandra]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gutiérrez Aceves]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guillermo Axayacalt]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,IMSS Centro Médico Nacional La Raza Hospital de Especialidades &#8220;Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret&#8221;]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía &#8220;Dr. Manuel Velasco Suárez&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía &#8220;Dr. Manuel Velasco Suárez&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,ISSSTE Hospital Regional &#8220;1° de Octubre&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía &#8220;Dr. Manuel Velasco Suárez&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>24</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>199</fpage>
<lpage>213</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2007-74592025000100199&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2007-74592025000100199&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2007-74592025000100199&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo:  Conocer la percepción y el nivel de conocimientos que los estudiantes de pregrado de la carrera Médico Cirujano tiene sobre Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular.  Materiales y métodos:  Estudio observacional, descriptivo y de corte transversal que consistió en un examen de conocimientos y una encuesta mediante escala de Likert sobre la percepción educativa, sanitaria, social y de interés personal.  Resultados:  Un total 82 alumnos. El nivel de conocimientos se correlacionó con el promedio académico (&#961; de Spearman 0.254, p = 0.0211), la mediana en el examen fue de 6 (rango intercuartílico 4 - 7) /10. La mediana del cuestionario de percepción fue de 24 (rango intercuartílico 21.75 - 26) / 50. El análisis factorial de nuestro instrumento de percepción obtuvo un índice Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin de 0.640 y una prueba de esfericidad de Bartlett estadísticamente significativa (p &lt; 0.0001). El cociente &#945; de Cronbach del instrumento fue 0.743.  Conclusiones:  Los estudiantes de pregrado no cuentan con conocimientos básicos en Medicina Nuclear. El panorama académico de la especialidad en nuestro país respecto a su promoción, inclusión y difusión es bastante desalentador y sombrío. Las universidades del país deben incluir contenidos de esta especialidad en sus planes de estudio para poder complementar y mejorar la enseñanza de los futuros médicos de atención primaria y especialistas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objective:  To know the perception and level of knowledge that undergraduate students of the Medical Surgeon career have about Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.  Materials and methods:  Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study that consisted of a knowledge test and a survey using a Likert scale on educational, health, social and personal interest perception.  Results:  A total of 82 students. The level of knowledge was correlated with the academic average (Spearman's &#961; 0.254, p = 0.0211), the median in the exam was 6 (interquartile range 4 - 7) /10. The median of the perception questionnaire was 24 (interquartile range 21.75 - 26) / 50. The factor analysis of our perception instrument obtained a Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin index of 0.640 and a statistically significant Bartlett's sphericity test (p &lt; 0.0001). The Cronbach's &#945; coefficient of the instrument was 0.743.  Conclusions:  Undergraduate students do not have basic knowledge in Nuclear Medicine. The academic panorama of the specialty in our country regarding its promotion, inclusion and dissemination is quite discouraging and gloomy. The country's universities must include content of this specialty in their study plans in order to complement and improve the teaching of future primary care doctors and specialists.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Medicina Nuclear]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Imagen Molecular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Educación Médica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Facultades de Medicina]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hospitales de Enseñanza]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Nuclear Medicine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Molecular Imaging]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Education Medical]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Schools, Medical]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hospitals, Teaching]]></kwd>
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