2019, Number S1
Optional course: Communication, health promotion and community work from the university towards sustainable development
Destrade BCR, Ondal PM, Casasnovas MM
Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 13-16
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ABSTRACT
The pedagogical experience presented, the result of a research project in Master’s thesis “Health Promotion in Educational Systems”, is precisely the optional course “Communication and Promotion of health in community work”, aimed at students of Premédico y Professional Training of the Latin American School of Medicine. Its objective is to describe the importance of the course in the integral preparation of students of different nationalities towards sustainable development, from the Undergraduate in the medical university. It included the theoretical and methodological study of content skills to be developed with a systemic and personalized nature from postulates of the Cultural Historical Approach, the modeling of the program, the diagnosis of skills and knowledge, identification of needs in the trainees and their communities, through observation and techniques of participationaction in pedagogical practice. it took into account dimensions and indicators, which recognized the reflection, self-assessment and design of community projects by the students. The course promotes awareness of the effectiveness of communication in interpersonal relationships, which enables action through participatory actions with a commitment to identify the needs of the communities of the trainees, improving the communication skills they have for their successful performance and the development of attitudes and behaviors that empower them as a health promoter. The implicit extensionist meetings and activities, in turn contributed to the development of multiculturalism through the community work of the University aimed at sustainable development.REFERENCES
Destrade Bonome, C R. Preparación de los docentes para la atención a dificultades comunicativas de los estudiantes. Tesis presentada en opción al título académico de Máster en promoción de la salud en sistemas educativos. Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas Enrique José Varona, Instituto Pedagógico Latinoamericano y caribeño La Habana, Cuba; 2016.