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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2077-2874</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[EDUMECENTRO]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[EDUMECENTRO]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2077-2874</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2077-28742021000400229</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Nivel de conocimientos sobre COVID-19 en médicos del Policlínico Docente Norte del municipio Placetas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Knowledge Level on COVID-19 in doctors of the Teaching North Polyclinic of the Placetas municipality]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Eirin Rey]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Erick Jose]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lozano Sanchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Xiomara]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cárdenas Caballero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Odalis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Figueroa Guevara]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daily]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Carrillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Odalis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barroso Mesa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lourdes María]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara Policlínico Docente Norte de Placetas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara Sede Universitaria de Placetas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>229</fpage>
<lpage>242</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2077-28742021000400229&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2077-28742021000400229&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2077-28742021000400229&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Fundamento:  la pandemia de COVID-19 es un desafío sin precedentes para la ciencia y la sociedad; ha exigido respuestas rápidas y diversas de los sistemas de salud, los que necesitan reorganizarse en todos sus componentes para su enfrentamiento.  Objetivo:  determinar el nivel de conocimiento sobre la COVID-19 en médicos de atención primaria del Policlínico Docente Norte de Placetas, provincia de Villa Clara, Cuba, en el año 2020.  Métodos: se realizó una investigación descriptiva transversal en la cual se emplearon métodos teóricos: analítico-sintético y el enfoque de sistema; empíricos: cuestionario y el matemático para determinar los valores absolutos y relativos.  Resultados: la mayoría de los médicos eran especialistas en Medicina General Integral, con un rango de edad entre los 24 y 35 años, predominaron el sexo femenino, los de menos de 5 años de experiencia profesional y la ausencia de cargos administrativos. Prevaleció el modo de obtención del conocimiento combinado (autopreparación y docencia), el indicador con mejor calificación fue la prevención, y el de mayor dificultad los conceptos asociados a la enfermedad con un nivel medio de conocimiento general.  Conclusiones:  los médicos de la atención primaria del Policlínico Docente Norte exhibieron un nivel medio de conocimientos sobre la COVID-19, presentaron mayores dificultades en relación con los conceptos y un mejor dominio respecto a la prevención y los aspectos epidemiológicos de la enfermedad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Background:  the COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for science and society, it has required rapid and diverse responses from health systems, which need to reorganize in all its components to face it.  Objective:  to determine knowledge level about COVID-19 in primary healthcare physicians of the Teaching North Polyclinic of the Placetas municipality, Villa Clara province, Cuba, in 2020.  Methods:  a cross-sectional descriptive investigation was carried out in which theoretical methods were used: analytical-synthetic and system approach; empirical ones: questionnaire and the mathematical one to determine the absolute and relative values.  Results:  the majority of the doctors were specialists in Comprehensive General Medicine, with an age range from 24 to 35 years, female sex with less than 5 years of professional experience and the absence of managerial positions predominated. The method of obtaining combined knowledge (self-preparation and teaching) prevailed, the indicator with the best qualification was prevention, and the most difficult was the concepts associated with the disease with an average level of general knowledge.  Conclusions: the primary health care physicians of the Teaching North Polyclinic had an average level of knowledge about COVID-19, they presented greater difficulties in relation to the concepts and a better mastery regarding the prevention and epidemiological aspects of the disease.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[capacitación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infecciones por coronavirus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[investigación sobre servicios de salud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[educación médica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[training]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[coronavirus infections]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[health services research]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[education, medical]]></kwd>
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