Resumen

HIDALGO GATO CASTILLO, Iraida et al. Application of the information technologies and knowledge to link up the 18 cardinal points of acupuncture with the osteomyoarticular system. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.2, pp. 13-19. ISSN 1561-3194.

The aim of this research was to create a system of teaching aids based on the Information Technologies and Knowledge to link up the 18 cardinal points of acupuncture with the contents of osteomyoarticular system that is taught in the first term of the medical studies through the subject: Human Morphology-2. These teaching aids were compromised of an electronic supporting material to the teaching process, which included: 1-A digital leaflet proposing the distribution of the 18 cardinal points of acupuncture in the osteomyoarticular system; highlighting the suitable moment to link up the contents by the professor, the use of acupuncture points as an alternative therapeutics and/or to emphasize knowledge of the superficial anatomy, 2- A model guide of study to the consolidation about: skeleton of the upper limbs using the model WebQuest, 3- Sequence of slides with a hyperlink where the acupuncture points are related with the anatomy of the superficial axial skeleton and its corresponding muscle as well as the upper and lower limbs, 4- Exercises to self-evaluation linking the content of the osteomyoarticular system with the cardinal points of the human body in medical-community practice. Concluding that the system of teaching aids based on the Information Technologies and Knowledge will allow students to establish the relationships between the SOMA and the superficial anatomy with acupuncture.

Palabras clave : Information technologies and knowledge; alternative medicine; acupuncture; morphology; physiology.