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EDUMECENTRO
versión On-line ISSN 2077-2874
Resumen
CANDELARIA BRITO, Julio Cesar; FERRO GONZALEZ, Belkys; GUTIERREZ GUTIERREZ, Carlos y ALONSO AYALA, Osmany. Upgrading strategy on Geriatric Nephrology to improve the professional performance of General Practitioners. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2021, vol.13, n.3, pp. 162-179. Epub 30-Sep-2021. ISSN 2077-2874.
Background:
human communities are getting older every day and the population of chronic nephropathies grows more every day, that’s why Geriatric Nephrology demands new coping strategies for health professionals.
Objective:
to design a strategy of improvement on Geriatric Nephrology for the improvement of the professional performance of the general practitioner.
Methods:
a quasi-experimental investigation was carried out from January 2017 to May 2019 in the “5 de Septiembre” University Polyclinic of the Consolación del Sur municipality, Pinar del Río province; Cuba. Theoretical methods were applied: systematization, analysis-synthesis, systemic-structural-functional and modeling; empirical ones: observation of professional performance, documentary review and expert´s criteria; and mathematical-statistics.
Results:
the diagnosis carried out allowed identifying gaps in terms of the level of knowledge about Geriatric Nephrology prevention and medical care in the geriatric patient in General practitioner, for which a strategy based on philosophical, sociological, psychological, information and communication technologies, pedagogical and medical education aspects was designed, which was valued by expert criteria.
Conclusions:
the strategy for the improvement of the professional performance of the General practitioner in Geriatric Nephrology was characterized by being interdisciplinary, systemic, flexible, contextualized, humanistic, and feasible, with applicability capacity and participation of the actors involved. The consultation with the experts corroborated its relevance and adequate structure in correspondence with the diagnosis and the aforementioned aspects.
Palabras clave : education, professional; strategies; capacitation; learning; education, medical.