Contribution of the subject History of Cuba to the process of understanding-expression in medical students

Authors

  • Olga Lydia Paz Figueroa University of Medical Sciences of Havana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5680-0395
  • José Manuel Ubals Álvarez University of Havana.
  • Lilianis Becerra Paz University of Medical Sciences of Havana.

Keywords:

healthcare models, communication, language, quality of health care, education, medical

Abstract

Background: the successful development of understanding-expression enables the effectiveness of the communicative process, and consequently, the objective of medical care in the fulfillment of its functional duties, expressed in the professional's profile.
Objective: assess the functionality of a didactic model from the subject History of Cuba to promote the understanding-expression of medical students.
Methods: a qualitative investigation was developed, with a materialist dialectical approach, at the “Manuel Fajardo” Faculty of Havana University of Medical Sciences, from 2019 to 2021. Theoretical methods were used: historical-logical, inductive-deductive and analysis-synthesis; empirical ones: documentary review and observation; the techniques: workshop and brainstorming; and instruments: observation diary and student self-report. Consultation with specialists and methodological triangulation were carried out.
Results: in the initial diagnosis: 37 students started at the low level, 19 at average level and 11 at the high level of comprehension-expression. During the application of the model, the results were modified: 8 at a low level; 35 at average level and 24 at high level. After completing the subject: only 2 remained at the low level, 4 at the average level and 61 at the high level.
Conclusions: the didactic model is functional, flexible, participatory, open and collaborative, with philosophical, psychological, pedagogical and didactic foundations, dialectically related. With its application, the gap between the demands of the professional profile and the students' comprehension-expression deficit was shortened.

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Author Biographies

Olga Lydia Paz Figueroa, University of Medical Sciences of Havana

Graduate in Education. Specialty Marxism Leninism and History. Master in Higher Education Sciences. Assistant Professor. “Manuel Fajardo†Faculty. Head of the University Extension Department.

José Manuel Ubals Álvarez, University of Havana.

Degree in philosophy. Doctor in Pedagogy. Associate Professor. Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences.

Lilianis Becerra Paz, University of Medical Sciences of Havana.

Graduate in Health Psychology. “Manuel Fajardo†Faculty.

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Published

2024-05-02

How to Cite

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Paz Figueroa OL, Ubals Álvarez JM, Becerra Paz L. Contribution of the subject History of Cuba to the process of understanding-expression in medical students. EDUMEC [Internet]. 2024 May 2 [cited 2025 Jul. 2];16(1):e2743. Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/e2743

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