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PEREZ MARTINEZ, Víctor Tadeo  y  ALFONSO MONTERO, Oscar Antonio. Learning needs on Autism Spectrum Disorders of Specialists in General Comprehensive Medicine. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.3, pp. 267-280. ISSN 0864-2125.

Introduction: the needs of learning come out when contrasting an ideal or proposed performance with actual one, either for an individual or a particular group. These needs constitute the starting point for finding a pedagogical, qualifying path to contribute to the qualitative transformation of health care solutions, and timely identification transcendental lifelong learning tool. Objective: to identify the learning needs on the autism spectrum disorders of doctors working in primary Health care teams in Playa municipality. Methods: an anonymous questionnaire was applied, in form of a written exam, to 20 specialists of General Comprehensive Medicine randomly selected, who work in three polyclinics at east of Playa municipality. Results: the shortcomings and inadequacies of professional knowledge and skills on the autism spectrum are essentially pointed out in regard to early detection, early diagnosis and psycho-evolutionary scales of assessment. Conclusions: although the major health problems of our children and adolescents are included in priority programs of the first level of health care, especially those regarding child and adolescent mental health, difficulties in the comprehensive treatment of these patients were exhibited by most specialists. Autism spectrum keeps on being a usually poorly explored and belatedly diagnosed disorder, whose evaluation sometimes suffers mandatory inquiry elements and knowledge, which affects the proper tracking of children and their quality of life.

Palabras clave : needs; learning; autism spectrum; questionnaire.

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