2019, Number 1
Assessment model for the in-service training in the Orthodontics subject
Jiménez YY, Santos PD, Véliz COL, Jiménez ML
Language: Spanish
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Page: 132-145
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ABSTRACT
Background: the decentralization of education during the in-service training involves many teachers in different teaching sites, which requires uniformity when evaluating and controlling this activity.Objective: to design a model to facilitate the control and evaluation of activities in the in-service training and thereby ensure the uniformity of criteria of teachers on the skills required in the future Dentistry professional.
Methods: a development research was carried out in the Dentistry Faculty of Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences, during the 2016-2017 school year. Theoretical methods were used: analytic-synthetic and inductive-deductive; and empirical ones: documentary analysis, interviews to professors of the subject and interview to key informants. The product was evaluated by specialists' criteria.
Results: the study plan D promotes the link of theory with practice that is concreted in the program of the subject Orthodontics it declares the objectives and the system of abilities. There was a lack of uniformity on the part of the teachers for the registration and control of the activities during the in-service training. The interview to key informants confirmed this insufficiency and showed the need to design a model that unifies the teaching criteria on evaluation.
Conclusions: the model designed was a useful tool for teachers in different teaching sites. The specialists rated the product as pertinent, useful and feasible to be applied.