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Educación Médica Superior
On-line version ISSN 1561-2902
Abstract
BUSTAMANTE ALFONSO, Leticia María; PINEDA FERNANDEZ, Clarivel; GOMEZ MIRABAL, Juan Miguel and BAEZ RODRIGUEZ, Ana Margarita. Virtualization of professional upgrading for improving teaching performance during COVID-19. Educ Med Super [online]. 2022, vol.36, n.2 Epub June 30, 2022. ISSN 1561-2902.
Introduction:
The COVID-19 pandemic caused professional upgrading to acquire new shades. Universities encouraged the use of information and communication technologies, as well as learning in virtual settings.
Objective:
To present criteria on the virtualization of professional upgrading for the improvement of pedagogical performance during COVID-19.
Author's stance:
The situation caused by COVID-19 demanded to carry out the teaching-learning process in virtual settings; therefore, the professors from the social sciences area took up this challenge without previous preparation. The professional upgrading process carried out in the virtual classroom proved to be an effective way for the application of virtual educational resources.
Conclusions:
Professional upgrading during public health circumstances of emergency was carried out in the virtual classroom of the Latin American School of Medicine, where pedagogical performance could be improved among the professors from the social sciences area.
Keywords : professional upgrading; virtualization; virtual learning environments; network learning.
