Abstract

NORIEGA BRAVO, Vivian. Theoretical and methodological aspects of the improvement of the curriculum of the Hygiene and Epidemiology specialty. Educ Med Super [online]. 2008, vol.22, n.2. ISSN 0864-2141.

AIM: to show some theoretical and methodological aspects supporting the improvement process in its macro-conception by means of an algorithm summarized in three stages: early diagnosis, definition of the specialist model, and general structure of the necessary contents. DEVELOPMENT: the design of a curriculum or the curricular design depends on the social, economic, and cultural needs of a country. The situation of health in Cuba and in the world, and the scientific-technical advances in the Hygiene and Epidemiology field and in other related sciences, increasingly demand the training of a specialist with essential knowledge and skills to fulfill his duties as a good health worker. This element, together with the strategic need of the health national system to reduce in 2 years the training period of the specialists, were the premises to carry out in 2006 an improvement process of the curriculum of the specialty to know if the present curriculum used since 1995 meets the current requirements of the social task and which changes need to be introduced in the organization of its different components to maintain its condition as pertinent. CONCLUSIONS: final considerations were made in relation to the accomplishment of the design, to the social task, and to the systemic conception of the components of the curriculum.

Keywords : Curriculum; curricular design; specialization in Hygiene and Epidemiology.

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