Resumen

LARIOS ORTIZ, Luis; HERNANDEZ GONZALEZ, Mercedes; MARRERO PUIG, Lourdes G  y  ACAO FRANCOIS, Luis. Linking of the resident of Hygiene and Epidemiology to emergent epidemiological activities. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.2, pp. 283-293. ISSN 1727-8120.

Fundament: The study curriculum, especially of post grade, cannot be considered as a plan to which one has to be adjusted in a strict way, but to be more flexible, offering a way out to the proposed objectives according to the situations of the environment. Objective: to offer some results of the linking of the medical resident of Hygiene and Epidemiology to emergent epidemiological activities at the present time. Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study at the Provincial Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology during June 2014 was carried out. A universe of 32 professionals (25 specialists and 7 residents) was interviewed. The variables used were: usefulness of the extracurricular linking to programs and tasks of epidemiological control, practical development of theoretical aspects, quality achievement of the curricular design of the medical residency, and if it was necessary or not to interrupt the study plan in emergent epidemiological events. Results: Most of the specialists considered the linking to emergent epidemiological activities allowed to finish with quality its study plan, while that the biggest percentage of the residents did not estimate it in the same way. None of the interviewed resident agreed with the interruption of the study plan in front of emergent situations. Conclusions: the linking of the medical resident to practical emergent activities can serve as incentive for the graduation of the specialists with better professional competence without abandoning the established curricular design.

Palabras clave : hygiene; epidemiology; medical residency; emergent epidemic events.

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