Quality of the Academic Research of a Postgraduate Degree in Surgery from a Public University of Ecuador.

Introduction: the lack of solidity of educational research (ER) in a high percentage the loss of integrity in the methodology has been reported. The objective of the present study was to determine the quality of the ERs of the postgraduate surgery in a Public University of Ecuador. With the hypothesis that the acceptable theses are equal to 70%.Methods: the present study reviewed the thesis of surgery at the University of Cuenca, from the period January-2010 to November-2019. The probabilistic sample selection was 48 cases. A 51-question EI quality test was used. The values ​​of each variable were homologated as a percentage. A single sample T-test was performed, bivariate correlations using the Spearman coefficient. Significant values ​​were R> 0.5 and P <0.01. The hypothesis test was performed with Chi square.Results: of 48 randomized theses, the lowest average was in the “Hypothesis” sections (41.6% [35.3-47.8]) and the highest in the “Results” sections (93.5% [91.4-95.7]). The relevance was 97.9% (93.7-102.1). 35 theses (72.9%) were rated as "Acceptable". The Hypothesis and References sections were rated as “Not acceptable” in 70.8% and 79.2%. The "results" section obtained the rating of "Excellent" in 93.8%. The hypothesis was accepted, the group has an acceptable quality equal to 70% ”, Chi2 = 0.2208, P = 0.64.Conclusion: the quality of educational research is equal to the 70% raised in the hypothesis, which highlights a minimum sufficiency rating for the educational research studied in this work.