Background:

the use of information and communication technologies in the first year of the Medicine career constitutes a tool to develop computer skills in search and retrieval of health information.

Objective:

to design an update strategy in search and retrieval of scientific information to develop computer skills in the first year of the Medicine degree.

Methods:

a development study was carried out at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Holguín; a strategy was designed with three stages: planning, execution and evaluation. A sample of 220 students was selected by simple random sampling and intentionally, to the main teachers of the different subjects taught in the first year of the career and teachers of the discipline Health Research Methodology.

Results:

an update strategy was designed in search and retrieval of scientific information to develop computer skills in the first year of the Medicine degree. With three stages: Planning, execution and evaluation. Planning to transmit basic knowledge in the use of the Infomed portal and its resources. The execution is materialized with theoretical-practical activities related to the search and retrieval of scientific information. In the third stage, the updating in search and recovery of scientific information is evaluated in a comprehensive way.

Conclusions:

the strategy prepares students in the search and retrieval of scientific information, which develops computer knowledge and skills, according to the demands of study plan E in the Medicine degree.

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