medigraphic.com
ISSN 1561-2902 (Electronic)

2013, Number 3

<< Back Next >>

Revista Cubana de Educación Médica Superior 2013; 27 (3)

Review of textbooks for the teaching of Epidemiology in Medical Sciences degree courses

Martínez CS

Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page:
PDF size: 88.63 Kb.


ABSTRACT

A review of textbooks for the teaching of Epidemiology in Medical Sciences Degree courses was made with the aim of contributing to the rehabilitation of the value of this teaching aid and the obligation of its constant update to give an answer to the social needs that the future graduated will face, not considering them only as a claim on formative disciplinary rule. Methodology was hold on the application of 8 assessment criteria of Epidemiology contents in the seven selected texts jointly by a single comparison between findings on revision and students answers on the topic in a national inquiry applied almost two decades before. Among the results the similarity in the contents on the texts are highlighted, independently from the graduated profile and the absence of original approaches about the basic epidemiological categories in some texts that have been detected in the previous research. The work ofthe group of authors is recognized and is concluded that the permanent update of the contents of the texts is indispensable when recognizing the level of development of Epidemiology in the last decades and its incorporation in the contents of the textbooks and consulting books that are designed internationally.


REFERENCES

  1. Ministerio de Educación. Documentos Rectores para el trabajo científico de carácter teórico-práctico. Resolución Ministerial 597/76. La Habana: MINED; 1976.

  2. González Castro V. Teoría y práctica de los medios de enseñanza. La Habana: Edit. Pueblo y Educación; 1990.

  3. Bhopal R. Which book? A comparative review of 25 introductory epidemiology textbooks. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 1997;51(6):612-2.

  4. Susser M, Susser E. Choosing a Future for Epidemiology: I. Eras and Paradigms. Am J of Public Health. 1996;86(5):668-72.

  5. Krieger N. Theories for social epidemiology in the 21st century: an ecosocial perspective. Int J Epidemiology. 2001;30(1):668-77.

  6. Almeida de N. Complejidad y transdisciplinariedad en el Campo de la Salud Colectiva: Evaluación de Conceptos y Aplicaciones. 2006 [consulta 20 Mar 2010]. Disponible en:http://www.scielo.org.ar/pdf/sc/v2n2/v2n2a03.pdf

  7. Breihl J. Epidemiología Crítica. Ciencia emancipadora e interculturalidad. 1ra. ed. Buenos Aires: Lugar Editorial; 2003.

  8. Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana. Módulos de textos por carreras. La Habana: ISCM-H; 2010.

  9. Vela Valdés J. La enseñanza de las disciplinas de Salud Pública en la carrera de Medicina. Documento-Resumen. La Habana: ISCM-H; 1994.

  10. Leavell HR, Clark EG. Preventive Medicine for the doctor in his community. 2da ed. New York: McGraw Hill; 1958.

  11. Libros de autores cubanos. [consulta Oct 2011]. Disponible en: http://bvscuba.sld.cu/libros-de-autores-cubanos/

  12. Martínez Calvo S. Opción pedagógica para el análisis de situación de salud en pregrado. Educ Med Super. 1997;11(2):69-85.

  13. Transformaciones necesarias en el sistema de salud pública. [consulta Oct 2011]. Disponible en:http://www.sld.cu/verpost.php?blog=http://articulos.sld.cu /editorhome/&post_id=5186&tipo=1&opc_mostrar=2_3_&n=z




2020     |     www.medigraphic.com