2015, Number 1
Proposal of an introductory course on the history of medicine in Cuba, for non Spanish speaking students
Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 120-133
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ABSTRACT
Background: the knowledge about the history of medicine in Cuba has a particular role in the formation of non Spanish speaking students of the medical sciences, because it is a way to consolidate their comprehensive culture.Objective: to design an introductory course on the history of Cuban medicine to develop a comprehensive culture in the non Spanish speaking students.
Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in Sagua la Grande University Site in the academic course 2011-2012. Different methods were used: Theoretical methods: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction. Empirical methods: review of documents and a survey was applied to the students. Mathematical methods: to process absolute and relative values.
Results: the syllabuses run in the preparatory department do not contain the elements about the history of medicine in Cuba, just an introduction to the health sciences and a topic about universal medicine which included a few medical personalities, in an insufficient manner; the survey showed some difficulties about the topic on the part of the students, that’s why it is proposed an introductory course as a way to foster a comprehensive culture in these students.
Conclusions: the history of medicine in Cuba is a way to develop a comprehensive culture in non Spanish speaking students; the specialists valued the proposed syllabus as adequate and stood out its incidence in the formation of values and the acquisition of a comprehensive culture, as well as the updating level of the bibliography used.
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