Portal de periódicos da capes: uso por pós-graduandos da faculdade de medicina

this study describes the use of the "capes periodicals portal" by the 258 students enrolled on graduate courses at the ufmg school of medicine, who received a survey response form by email. sixty-two (62) of them (27%) responded to the survey. regarding the use of the capes periodicals portal,, fifty-seven (57-91.9%)use it to conduct research, twenty-nine (46.8%) of whom on a weekly basis. 71% reported knowledge of the portal. with regards to the databases, fifty (50) students (80.7%) knew three to six databases, of which pubmed appeared in one hundred percent (100%) of the answers. regarding training courses offered by "capes", 71% had never participated in any and 88.7% reported interest in participation. these results demonstrate the frequent use of the "capes periodicals portal" by graduate students, as well as the need for ongoing training.