Proposal of actions to educational work from the curricular dimension in a medical university

Authors

  • Bertha Vivian Gil Figueroa Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Pinar del Río. Cuba.
  • Juan Cardentey Garcia Universidad Ciencias Medicas Pinar del Río
  • Marileivy Soto Gil Hospital Provincial Docente “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado”. Pinar del Río. Cuba.
  • Pedro Soto Munduy Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Pinar del Río. Cuba.

Keywords:

university, educational work, teacher guides, students

Abstract

Introduction: The Cuban medical university continues to undergo profound transformations based on the strengthening of educational work from the curricular dimension, thereby promoting the training of human resources in health that the country requires to fulfill its social mandate.
Objective: To propose actions to the educational work from the curricular dimension in the University of Medical Sciences of Pinar del Río.
Methods: A pedagogical investigation was carried out related to the educational work program implemented during the 2018-2019 academic year at the University of Medical Sciences of Pinar del Río, guided by the dialectical materialistic method and the use of theoretical and empirical methods. The scientific council and institutional ethics committee approved the execution of this study.
Results: The documentary analysis revealed the need for actions to strengthen educational work from the curricular dimension. The interview to 20 teachers guides by means of the participative technique "brainstorm or brainstorm", 100 % coincided in proposing actions capable of perfecting the educational work from the curricular dimension. The research was developed through two chapters, the first one reflected the characterization of the educational work in the Medicine career and the second one represented the proposal of actions to the educational work from the curricular dimension.
Conclusions: Through the proposal of actions to the educational work from the curricular dimension, the formative and educative mission of the university was strengthened, as well as making possible the integral development of its students and teachers in the fulfillment of their socio-professional mandate.

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Author Biographies

Bertha Vivian Gil Figueroa, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Pinar del Río. Cuba.

Especialista de Primer y Segundo Grados en Medicina General Integral. Máster en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Educación Médica Superior. Profesora Auxiliar. Investigadora Agregada. Vice- Rectora General. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Pinar del Río. Cuba.

Juan Cardentey Garcia, Universidad Ciencias Medicas Pinar del Río

Especialista de Primer y Segundo Grados en Estomatología General Integral y Prótesis Estomatológica. Máster en Salud Bucal Comunitaria y Urgencias Estomatológicas. Profesor e Investigador Auxiliar. Vice- Decano General. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Pinar del Río. Cuba.

Marileivy Soto Gil, Hospital Provincial Docente “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado”. Pinar del Río. Cuba.

Residente de primer año de Reumatología. Hospital Provincial Docente “Abel Santamaría Cuadrado”. Pinar del Río. Cuba.

Pedro Soto Munduy, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Pinar del Río. Cuba.

Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Pinar del Río. Cuba.

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Published

2019-07-08

How to Cite

1.
Gil Figueroa BV, Cardentey Garcia J, Soto Gil M, Soto Munduy P. Proposal of actions to educational work from the curricular dimension in a medical university. INFODIR [Internet]. 2019 Jul. 8 [cited 2025 Oct. 3];(30). Available from: https://revinfodir.sld.cu/index.php/infodir/article/view/614

Issue

No. 30 (2019): septiembre-diciembre

Section

Original Articles

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