Abstract

GARCIA MENDEZ, Imandra María  and  CARBALLOSA GONZALEZ, Ania. New challenges in the development of research skills in medicine schools. Conrado [online]. 2023, vol.19, n.91, pp. 242-251.  Epub Apr 30, 2023. ISSN 1990-8644.

To be a researcher and to have a scientific way of thinking is a kind of behavior and a way to perform that should be created since undergraduate courses. It should accompany our future physicians all their career long. Crises periods like the one of the present Covid-19 pandemic make us re-think on the need of this way of thinking and the importance of the investigation process. The formation of investigation skills in Cienfuegos Medicine program is insufficient according to the behavior patterns that are declared in the professional profile. To contribute to solve this problem a didactic strategy was designed to develop research skills in medicine students. Theoretical and empirical methods were used with this purpose. This strategy was considered appropriate for this context and contributes to the development of research skills since it considers as its axis in the main cycles of the Medicine program. Mainly, the discipline of General Medicine was chosen for being the principal one in the curriculum.

Keywords : Research skills; Medicine program; Didactic strategy.

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