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EDUMECENTRO

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Abstract

GONZALEZ VALDES, María de los Ángeles. Experiences in the execution of a virtual course for librarians of medical sciences in Cienfuegos. EDUMECENTRO [online]. 2018, vol.10, n.4, pp.122-138. ISSN 2077-2874.

Background: postgraduate upgrading benefits the acquisition, expansion and continuous improvement of the basic and specialized knowledge and skills required for a better performance of the librarians of medical sciences. Objective: to express the experiences of the implementation of the course "Study of Information Needs" given from the health virtual university using the Moodle platform, and intended for librarians of the medical sciences. Methods: a descriptive investigation was carried out from January to March 2014 in the Provincial Information Center of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos; 24 librarians of the health network in the province participated. Theoretical methods were used: historical-logical, analytical-synthetic and inductive-deductive and empirical ones: the survey in the form of a questionnaire to the librarians, and the mathematical-statistical for data obtaining and processing. Results: the good organization and duration of the course, the appropriate level of contents, the deficient use of information and communication technologies, the acceptable evaluative rigor and the usefulness of the contents taught were some of the fundamental results found. Conclusions: participation in this course allowed the librarian to strengthen their knowledge about the typology of libraries and users; they began to apply in a correct and structured way, the nine processes of the "Amiga" methodology for carrying out the study of information needs.

Keywords : inservice training; information technologies and communication projects; education, medical; education, distance; libraries, medical.

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