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MEDISAN
versión On-line ISSN 1029-3019
Resumen
CANTILLO ACOSTA, Lisbeli; PEREZ DELGAD, Nuria; VERGARA VEGA, Isolina y CORRAL VERDECIA, Nilvia. Development of the competence in oral cancer early diagnosis during pre-professional training in Dentistry. MEDISAN [online]. 2023, vol.27, n.3 Epub 29-Jun-2023. ISSN 1029-3019.
Introduction:
The increasing appearance of advanced oral cancer reveals the need of graduating professionals, prepared to contribute to its prevention and early diagnosis.
Objective:
To evaluate a system of teaching tasks for the development of competence in oral cancer early diagnosis.
Methods:
A pre-experiment was carried out with 32 students and 10 professors, who were involved in the teaching-learning process of the subject Comprehensive Dental Care for the Population of Dentistry degree in the University of Medical Sciences from Guantánamo, in the 2022-2023 academic year. For this purpose, the development of competence in oral cancer early diagnosis was determined as the variable, with its dimensions and indicators, and the significance of a system of teaching tasks for this objective was verified through the Wilcoxon test.
Results:
According to the Wilcoxon ranks, the teaching task system was reliable in contributing to the development of the competence under study (p<0.05). The students considered that this system is the ideal way for their training on the subject; in the same way, all teachers agreed regarding the relevance, feasibility, effectiveness, and practical utility of the teaching task system.
Conclusions:
The teaching task system applied during pre-professional practice of dentistry students proved to be feasible for the development of competence in oral cancer early diagnosis.
Palabras clave : clinical competence; early detection of cancer; mouth neoplasms; dental students.