Resumen

SMITH AUSTIN, Arthur Balbour  y  GARCIA CESPEDES, María Eugenia. Unsatisfactory Application of Natural and Traditional Medicine in Conditions Related with Orthopedics and Traumatology. REMS [online]. 2024, vol.38  Epub 10-Jun-2024. ISSN 1561-2902.

Natural and traditional medicine applies its different modalities in modern, safe, economical, innocuous and simple medical practice; with few collateral effects, it solves major health problems in special or disaster situations with limited resources. Hence, the graduate of specialization programs in medical sciences possesses solid knowledge for its application, especially in osteomyoarticular conditions, in which the specialty of orthopedics and traumatology has a key role in identifying the causes and consequences of its unsatisfactory application in patients with conditions related to this specialty. Through a reflexive and critical study based on analysis and synthesis, as well as the verification of the validity of the viewpoints assumed as referents in the process of improvement of the orthopedics and traumatology specialist, it was possible to show how professional improvement has been conceived at Hospital General Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso, by adequately integrating knowledge and competences. This was expressed through the elaboration and implementation of a professional improvement strategy, which allowed updating relevant knowledge necessary in the field of natural and traditional medicine for the performance of this professional. The level of knowledge about the contents was concluded to be insufficient, while the courses offered for its development were so, which resulted in a medical care without quality.

Palabras clave : natural and traditional medicine; orthopedics and traumatology specialist; professional upgrading.