Support material for teaching “Post-operative cardiovascular care in adults and children”

Abstract

Background: the vertiginous development of science and technology constantly incorporates new advances in the daily work of medical practice, which demands continuous training. This need is accentuated when it comes to the care of serious patients in the context of the postoperative period of cardiovascular surgery, where most are treated in intensive care units.
Objectives: to design a teaching material of bibliographic support for the topics included in Module 25: Post-operative cardiovascular care in adults and children, of the third-year study program of the Cardiology residency.
Methods: a development investigation was carried out in the Cardiocentro “Ernesto Che Guevara”, in Villa Clara, during December 2017-May 2018. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction and systemic-structural; Empirical: documentary analysis and questionnaire for medical specialists; and statistical mathematicians for absolute and relative values.
Results: the literature on the topics of the module is dispersed, is extensive and has partially limited access, the satisfaction questionnaire on the designed material, obtained in all the analyzed variables category 4, which supports its update, relevance, integration, structure and organization of the contents.
Conclusions: the support material was adequate, with good acceptance, and the recommendations issued by the specialists in its final elaboration were taken into account.