Background:

the educational software has revolutionized the traditional pedagogy towards new didactic models where space, time and resources for learning are not limited.

Objective:

to design a website as a bibliographic support for the Epidemiology subject in Dentistry.

Methods:

a technological innovation research was carried out in the Dentistry Faculty of Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences from January to May 2018. Theoretical methods were used: historical-logical, analysis-synthesis and induction-deduction; empirical ones: documentary analysis, survey in the form of questionnaire and interviews with key informants, in addition to the programs: Notepad ++, Paint, Photoshow, Microsoft Office PowerPoint and Wondershare Photo Story Platinum for the preparation of the website. The evaluation of the specialists and users was applied to determine the effectiveness of the product.

Results:

an initial diagnosis was made that served as a starting point in the design of a bibliographic support for the Epidemiology subject: "EpidemioWeb", with the contents that were dispersed in various formats, then its integration was achieved and it fostered the student´s learning.

Conclusions:

it was evaluated by the specialists as a functional material, for its practical utility, pertinence, vocabulary used, the adequate selection of the tools used and its possibilities of interaction as a computing product. According to the criterion of students as users, the product is acceptable.

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