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Revista Información Científica
versão On-line ISSN 1028-9933
Resumo
HODELIN-HODELIN, Yasnay et al. Professional development activities at the Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas Guantánamo. Rev. inf. cient. [online]. 2021, vol.100, n.5 Epub 04-Set-2021. ISSN 1028-9933.
Introduction:
Professional development embraces several teaching-learning processes that contribute for acquiring and improving in graduated universitary students and workers the required knowledge and skills to succeed in their responsibilities and job functions in different work sectors.
Objective:
To diagnose current state of the professional development plan given at the Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas Guantánamo in order to be implemented via Aula Virtual de Salud.
Method:
A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted at the aforementioned center, during the period 2016 to 2019. The number of activities provided according to the postgraduated development courses, as well as the occupational, teaching and research categories of those who received the training, were quantified.
Results:
Information literacy and article writing programs were marked with the highest number of participants in the last years. Several courses including Information literacy (ALFIN), scientific writing and others, which help professionals in their way to increase they skills as researchers, were conducted.
Conclusions:
Professional population admit the importance of information literacy as it enables them to be updated on any interest subject and to acquire skills for consulting and retrieving information using confidence data sources.
Palavras-chave : professional development; postgraduate education; training; information literacy; higher education; scientific writing.