LETTER TO THE EDITOR Latin American undergraduate medical journals

ccording to some reports (1), the number of physicians involved in research in developing countries has decreased in recent years. This trend beckons stimulating the interest in medical research early in students ’ medical training, including those skills needed to publish and exercise ethical scientific conduct (2, 3). In Latin America, the last two decades has seen the emergence of student medical journals aimed at develop-ing medical research interest among undergraduates and increasing research and scientific publication (3, 4). Many of these journals arose, in part, from the foundatio