Cuban experience in health professional training by foreign experts (2015-2019)

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superación profesional, capacitación, alta tecnología.

Abstract

Introduction: Professional improvement constitutes a permanent education pathway for human resources. The health indicators that Cuba shows today, are an imperative to continue its development, even more the medical specialties, fundamentally in the lines related to the introduction of new techniques and advanced technologies, which respond to the solution of prioritized health problems, as well as those that cannot be currently solved in Cuba and that require the departure of patients to receive treatment abroad.

Objective: To characterize the professional training activities carried out in Cuba by foreign experts to health sector professionals in the period 2015-2019.

Development: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out on all the professional improvement activities carried out in the years 2015-2019 by foreign experts in the country. Absolute and relative frequency was used as summary measures. Seventy-one professional improvement activities were provided by 272 foreign experts from 19 countries. 4012 professionals from 36 medical specialties linked to the Cancer Control Program and directed to the prioritized lines of development and programs were trained. 35 new techniques and technologies were introduced. 4911 patients benefited.

Conclusions: The number of professionals trained in techniques and technologies introduced in Cuba increased in relation to previous years, through the exchange between recognized international professors of different specialties and Cuban professionals.

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Author Biographies

Librada Santana Martínez, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Salvador Allende”

Especialista de Medicina General Integral. Máster en Atención Integral a la Mujer. Profesor Auxiliar e Investigador Agregada. Facultad “Salvador Allende” y especialista Asesor Salud de la Dirección de Docencia Médica del MINSAP

Martha Centelles Cabrera, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Manuel Fajardo

Especialista de Segundo Grado  en Medicina General Integral. Máster en Atención Primaria de Salud. Profesor Auxiliar. Facultad “Manuel Fajardo” y especialista Asesor Salud de la Dirección de Docencia Médica del MINSAP.

Isabel Gómez Olivera, Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública

Especialista de Segundo  Grado en Medicina General Integral. Máster en Longevidad Satisfactoria. Profesor Auxiliar. Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública y especialista Asesor Salud de la Dirección de Asistencia Médica del MINSAP.

Zoila Medina Gondres, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas "Calixto Garíca"

Especialista de Segundo  Grado en Pediatría. Profesor auxiliar .Facultad “Calixto García” y especialista Asesor Salud de la Dirección de Docencia Médica del MINSAP.

Ana Margarita Toledo Fernández, Ministerio de Salud Pública

Especialista de II grado en MGI, Investigadora y profesora Auxiliar, Master en APS. Jefe del Departamento de Innovación y Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias. Ministerio de Salud Pública

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Published

2020-11-10

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Santana Martínez L, Centelles Cabrera M, Gómez Olivera I, Medina Gondres Z, Toledo Fernández AM. Cuban experience in health professional training by foreign experts (2015-2019). INFODIR [Internet]. 2020 Nov. 10 [cited 2025 Oct. 29];(35). Available from: https://revinfodir.sld.cu/index.php/infodir/article/view/922

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No. 35 (2021): mayo-agosto

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Review or Position Articles

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