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BACALLAO MARTINEZ, Gloria Catalina; APARICIO MORALES, Antonio Ismael  e  LLANES ALVAREZ, Carlos. Training software for the teaching of the Clinical Propedeutics and medical Semiology in the English language. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2016, vol.8, n.3, pp. 67-83. ISSN 2077-2874.

Background: the teaching of the English language constitutes a meaningful curricular strategy for the comprehensive development of the Medicine student. Objective: to design a training software that integrates the topics of the Clinical Propedeutics and medical Semiology subject in the English language. Methods: a research and development investigation was carried out in the Medicine Faculty of Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences in the academic year 2012-2013. Theoretical methods were used for the interpretation and processing of information and the theoretical groundwork on the topic; empiric ones: documental analysis of the programs and methodological orientations, and the survey in the questionnaire modality was applied to English-speaking students of the clinical area of the Medicine career to check the effectiveness of the product in its implementation. Results: a computing product based on the teaching program of the subject and the curricular strategy of the English language was designed, the testing of the effectiveness of the product during its implementation showed a significant variation of the level of the student´s knowledge, after the training with the software. Conclusions: the product was satisfactorily valued according to the specialist´s criteria as pertinent, necessary and useful for the subject, with great applicability, and depth in the treated contents, with pleasant user interface; the multimedia was effective during its implementation. It constitutes an appropriate tool to elevate the knowledge level on the subject.

Palavras-chave : Software; English; learning-teaching process; education, medical.