Abstract

BETANCOURT BETHENCOURT, José Aureliano. Agent-based model as a didactic tool for the  subject Public Health. Educ Med Super [online]. 2014, vol.28, n.3, pp.436-445. ISSN 0864-2141.

An exploratory work was conducted to find out if agent-based models (ABM) as learning tools were accepted by students and professors of the University of Medical Sciences in Camaguey. This work began in October 2012 with two groups of 35 fifth-year medical students; five work teams were formed to simulate the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with different social behaviors in a small community. The selected model was the one named "AIDS", available in the Netlogo library. The professors were surveyed and the principal component analysis technique served to evaluate that survey. It was concluded that both students and professors agreed that this type of model might be included as a learning tool.

Keywords : agent-based models; simulation; Netlogo program; nonlinear teaching.

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