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EDUMECENTRO
On-line version ISSN 2077-2874
Abstract
MIRABAL DIAZ, Juan Miguel et al. The Project method, its application in the medical informatics discipline. Rev EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2012, vol.4, n.3, pp. 116-124. ISSN 2077-2874.
This research work was carried out in Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences, in the Odontology career during the first term of the academic year 2011-2012, with the objective to describe the main outcomes in the application of the method project in the medical informatics discipline. It was applied by the members of the teaching staff, who carried out the process according to the orientations of the syllabus; just the teaching method was modified. Students and professors were interviewed after the conclusion of the application stage, the information gathered was contrasted. The proposal was valued by the specialists. The application of the project method in the medical informatics discipline links the different teaching forms and its methodological direction, which guarantee the independent cognitive activity and the search for knowledge.
Keywords : teaching methods; project method; informatics; medical sciences.