Resumen

ZAYAS GONZALEZ, Melba et al. To perfect the application of the clinical method in Pharmacology, through the in-service training. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2016, vol.8, n.3, pp.84-97. ISSN 2077-2874.

Background: the use of the clinical method constitutes an urgency in the disciplines of the medical sciences. Objective: to elaborate actions that allow to perfect the application of the clinical method in the Pharmacology discipline through the in-service training. Methods: it was carried out a descriptive investigation within the qualitative approach in the Medicine faculty of Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences in the academic year 2012-2013, with professors that impart the subjects General Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology. Methods of the theoretical level were used: analysis-synthesis and induction-deduction and empiric ones: the documental analysis, and the survey in interview form. Results: it was verified that the level of application of the clinical method in the discipline is not still the desired one, besides being insufficient the methodological treatment carried out for its implementation, for that reason methodological actions are proposed to make the application of this method more efficient through the integration of Pharmacology with the Internal Medicine through the in-service training. Conclusions: the proposed actions allow elevating the application of the clinical method in the already mentioned discipline and they were valued as effective by their pertinence, feasibility and relevance.

Palabras clave : Pharmacology; clinical medicine; education at work; education, medical.