PATTERNS OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION AMONG LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES, IN THE FIELD OF MEDICAL-EDUCATION

This work reports on the medical subject headings that build-up the medical education field in Latin America, through the content and citation analysis of Educacion Medica y Salud (EMS). An attempt was made to establish the articulations between the citing and cited countries in the region. It was generally found that EMS was built-up by subjects of Medical Education, Health Manpower, Water Supply, and Health Policy. Although strongly citing/cited/indexed countries, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia have not established significant information flows among them. Further research lines are proposed.