2017, Number 2
Methodology for the realization of a participative seminar on the subject Medical Microbiology and Parasitology
Rodríguez PM, González LME
Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: The seminar, as a form of organizational teaching, allows a developencouraging and educational teaching-learning process, and makes the student seek and explore knowledge from reflective and independent positions. It is taken into account that the current pedagogical conceptions promote a participatory nature of teaching, where the students assume an increasingly important role in the conduction of their learning, it the application of participatory techniques in conducting the seminars has become very common in recent years. Objective: To explain the methodology for the development of an integrative evaluative seminar in the subject Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, in such a way that this allows students to improve skills that facilitate participatory and creative learning, which respond to the graduate's profile. Development: The realization of the seminar consists of three phases, in which the teacher and the students fulfill well-defined functions: the organization and planning phase, the implementation phase, and the evaluation phase. The methodology to be followed in each of these phases will be explained in order to develop an integrative, participatory seminar, of the panel type, on a topic of the subject Medical Microbiology and Parasitology. Conclusions: The panel seminar is a participative technique that can be applied in other subjects and in other university majors.