Educational strategy of improvement in health administration for dental service managers

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Estrategia educativa, administración de salud, directivos, nivel de conocimientos, validación de la estrategia.

Abstract

Introduction: The National Health System, and in particular the stomatology subsystem, requires visionary, motivating managers, capable of preserving the conquests achieved.

Objective: To design an educational strategy aimed at raising the level of knowledge of managers of dentistry services in health administration in Camagüey.

Methods: A research was carried out in Health Systems and Services in the period from December 2019 to February 2021. The study population was selected by convenience and was composed of 26 dentistry services managers. In addition, seven dentists specialized in health organization and administration were included and participated in the assessment of the strategy. Theoretical, empirical and statistical methods were used. A bibliographic review was conducted on the subject under study through Pubmed/Medline, SciELO and the Cuban journals Infodir and Public Health, for which the key words recognized in the DeCS were used as: Educational strategy, health administration, managers, level of knowledge.

Results: An educational strategy for improvement in health administration was obtained, validated by specialists as a pertinent, flexible, objective proposal, with possibilities of application, with actuality and validity of the subject matter.

Conclusions: It is assumed that through an educational strategy it is possible to modify the current state of knowledge on health administration of managers of stomatological services in Camagüey, and finally bring them to the desired state of knowledge and skills on this discipline.

Keywords: educational strategy; health administration; managers; level of knowledge.

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Author Biographies

Isael Armando Pérez Vázquez, Clínica Estomatológica La Vigía

Estomatólogo, especialista en Estomatología General Integral y en Organización y Adminsitración de Salud. Director de la Clínica Estomatológica La Vigía. Profesor Asistente de la Facultad de Estomatología, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey.

Idalmis Mellado Lezcano, Clínica Estomatológica La Vigía

Especialista de Primer Grado en EGI, jefa del grupo provincial de EGI y Jefa del departamento de EGI. Clínica Estomatológica Docente La Vigía.

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2021-08-14

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Pérez Vázquez IA, Mellado Lezcano I. Educational strategy of improvement in health administration for dental service managers. INFODIR [Internet]. 2021 Aug. 14 [cited 2025 Oct. 1];(37). Available from: https://revinfodir.sld.cu/index.php/infodir/article/view/1166

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No. 37 (2022): enero-abril

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