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Revista Archivo Médico de Camagüey
versión On-line ISSN 1025-0255
Resumen
BETANCOURT-BETHENCOURT, José Aureliano; GONZALEZ-RONQUILLO, Yanira y ACAO-FRANCOISE, Luis. Development of research skills in students and professors of Public Health. Arch méd Camagüey [online]. 2023, vol.27 Epub 22-Nov-2023. ISSN 1025-0255.
Introduction
: Research is fundamental to the academic training of medical students.
Objective:
To identify research skills in students and professors of Public Health in the medical degree.
Methods:
A descriptive study was carried out during 2023 at the University of Medical Sciences of Camagüey and at the Tula Aguilera Teaching Polyclinic. A total of 50 fifth-year medical students who studied public health and their 15 professors and 60 randomly selected people from the communities of the Tula Aguilera Teaching Polyclinic participated. A survey of teachers and students was carried out. A survey related to sexually transmitted infections was carried out on 60 randomly selected people in the community of the Tula Aguilera Teaching Polyclinic. The central tendency and dispersion statistics were determined from the data obtained with the R program, as well as the absolute and relative frequencies that are presented in the table and in the text.
Results:
50 students were interviewed during the month of February 2023, the deficiencies found are detected and detailed. Similarly, and for the same purpose, 15 professors from the Department of Health were interviewed. In another activity, on April 10th, a group of 25 students surveyed 60 people about sexually transmitted diseases and reported their findings.
Conclusions:
The development of research skills in students and teachers was identified and the subject is delved into to achieve an effective intervention. It was possible for the students to carry out an investigation in which they applied the necessary skills for this activity. The face-to-face and virtual courses were enriched with this work.
Palabras clave : APTITUDE; INFORMATION LITERACY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; STUDENTS, PUBLIC HEALTH.