Abstract

RODRIGUEZ PILLAJO, Lucio Armando; LOGRONO BECERRA, Mónica Alejandra; CABEZAS AREVALO, Leonardo Efraín  and  OBREGON MAYORGA, Ángel Paul. Bilingual education in higher medical education, current affairs and needs. Rev Cuba Reumatol [online]. 2022, vol.24, n.4  Epub Dec 01, 2022. ISSN 1817-5996.

Higher medical education faces a process of constant transformations given by the scientific-technical advances that have been taking place in the field of health. These advances conclude in a gigantic volume of information that is expressed in the form of scientific publications that gather valuable information on new advances, therapeutic schemes and other elements related to the disease. The academy and practice of medicine is oriented towards the use of Evidence-Based Medicine; Therefore, teachers and students will have preparation and training with a high level of scientific rigor, according to the demands of the current medical context. However, one of the biggest problems faced by university medical teaching is directly related to the command of the English language, since a significant part of these documents are published in English. Bilingual education, despite being included within the educational teaching process as one of the requirements to be met by students, is presented as a current need in order to achieve a greater scientific update that results in better professional preparation. The objective of this research is to expose the current situation of bilingual education in higher medical education and what are the current needs in this regard.

Keywords : university teaching; bilingual education, higher education; medical teaching.

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