Abstract

VIDAL LEDO, María Josefina; ALVAREZ LAUZARIQUE, María Esther  and  BORROTO CRUZ, Radamés. Research/action in the design and implementation of the health information system career. Educ Med Super [online]. 2013, vol.27, n.2, pp.173-184. ISSN 0864-2141.

Introduction: The research/action is a scientific method that allows linking the study of formative problems and requirements in a particular setting with the social action process, so that social changes and knowledge can be reached simultaneously. Given the social task of the Ministry of Public Health and the set of problems detected in the health information sphere for the strategic development of programs and services, the research/action method is applied in the form of educational research for the design and incorporation of the health information systems. Objective: To describe this methodological process in the design, the implementation and the improvement of the health technology career focused on health information system by using the research/action as the scientific method. Methods: The steps of the research/action method were followed and evaluated in 5 out of the 8 provinces that had started this type of formation in 2003. The 8 processes included in the project were described and they covered the 4 stages: observation, planning, action and reflection. The study comprised 70 professors and 12 experts who met the inclusion criteria. Several methods served to gather the required data and to follow up the actions. Results: Description of the methodology in each phase of the research as well as the presentation of the actions and achieved outcomes in each implemented step. Conclusions: The research/action is an effective scientific method for the design, control, implementation and upgrading of the curricula and of the educational process.

Keywords : curricular design; educational research; research/action.

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