Sistema de acompañamiento a tesistas de posgrado en el marco de la gestión global: una experiencia educativa

The objective of this paper is to share the results of the implementation of an educational experience consisting in the adoption of a system of accompaniment for graduate thesis students at the Adventist University of Chile, within the framework of a global management in the graduate unit. The experience is framed in the total offer of graduate programs of the institution, considering a progressive process that involved a diagnostic process, the design of an action plan, the intervention of the curriculum, the regulatory adaptation, the generation of a basic curriculum matrix and the implementation of the system. The results report: unification of criteria of the graduate programs, updating of the regulations of the Graduate Final Projects, generation of basic guiding documents for the Graduate Final Projects, permanent accompaniment of the Graduate Management to the thesis student, systematization of the teaching experience and completion of the work in article format with publication quality in indexed journals. It is concluded that the experience has been positive in that it qualifies and enhances the necessary support to the student, but, above all, it strengthens the training experience, resulting in texts of research quality and qualification in the capabilities of the graduates.