Abstract

RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, Jannette et al. Interdisciplinarity between the Integral General Medicine and Medical Informatics related to the development of literature review. Educ Med Super [online]. 2011, vol.25, n.4, pp. 407-419. ISSN 0864-2141.

Literature review is not an original article but it analyzes the published literature; it should be selective and indispensable in the medical formation. For succeeding in integrating the Department of Integral General Medicine (MGI in Cuba) and the Department of Informatics, and for improving the formation of future physicians, the first semester of the medical studies in the 2010-2011 academic year included the subject Introduction to Integral General Medicine, taking literature review into account. Since the MGI Department considered the literature review as a basic tool for research as did the Department of Informatics, it took actions to develop the integration of both subjects. To this end, some workshops were held to raise the level of training of professors and thus, it came out the idea of developing a methodological proposal and evaluating its impact by making the final evaluation of both subjects in one exam at the place where the classes were given. All this was aimed at integrating knowledge, encouraging motivation and increasing abilities for research. The three best papers were selected and given 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd prizes. This proposal was submitted to reach interdisciplinarity between the Integral General Medicine and Medical Informatics by making emphasis on the literature review. It achieved satisfactory results, had precise objectives and was aimed at dealing with all the critical issues identified by the professors.

Keywords : interdisciplinarity; scientific method; literature review.

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