Professional motivation towards the Medicine degree in Santa Clara students of “Captain Roberto Rodríguez” pre-university

Authors

  • Sibelys Akela Paz González University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.
  • Yurianely Machado Machado University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.
  • Idalmis Ramírez Oves University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.
  • Francisca de la Caridad Alcántara Paisán University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.
  • Tamara Cárdenas Domínguez University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.
  • Yamilet García Navas University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.

Keywords:

educación profesional, orientación vocacional, perfil laboral, aprendizaje, educación médica.

Abstract

Background: the choice of a degree constitutes a complex decision for pre-university students because their professional thinking is not well defined for the future.
Objective: to characterize the professional motivation towards the medical degree in eleventh grade students of “Captain Roberto Rodríguez” pre-university of Santa Clara.
Methods: a descriptive study was carried out with a two-stage design from September 2018 to February 2019. Theoretical methods were used for the foundation of the research, empirical ones: survey, essay and completeness of sentences to obtain information in correspondence with the proposed objective, and mathematical-statistic for the values in figures.
Results: it was found that the reasons that most influence students to opt for the medical degree are love and respect for the profession, helping the population and the influence of family and/or friends, which respond to the socially expected ; but they are not internalized in the majority which was confirmed when analyzing the results of the applied exploration techniques: there was a predominance of a low level of knowledge about the future profession, little affective link to it, and inadequacies in self-assessment and future projection of its personality.
Conclusions: the reasons for opting for the medical degree in the students of the aforementioned pre-university students were determined, and the need for professional guidance actions at this level of education to strengthen the motivation for future medical performance was confirmed.

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Author Biographies

Sibelys Akela Paz González, University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.

Degree in psychology. Master in Higher Education. Assistant Professor. Attached Researcher. School of Medicine. Department of Psychology.

Yurianely Machado Machado, University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.

Degree in psychology. Master in Pedagogical Sciences. Assistant Professor. Attached Researcher. School of Medicine. Department of Psychology.

Idalmis Ramírez Oves, University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.

Degree in psychology. Master in Medical Psychology. Assistant Professor. Attached Researcher. School of Medicine. Department of Psychology.

Francisca de la Caridad Alcántara Paisán, University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.

Bachelor of Nursing. Master in Psychopedagogy. Assistant Professor. Academic Vice-Rector's Office. Income Department.

Tamara Cárdenas Domínguez, University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.

Doctor in medicine. Specialist in I Degree in Embryology. Master in Public Health. Assistant. School of Medicine. Department of Psychology.

Yamilet García Navas, University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara.

Degree in Defectology. Master in Medical Psychology. Assistant. School of Medicine. Department of Psychology.

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Published

2020-04-28

How to Cite

1.
Paz González SA, Machado Machado Y, Ramírez Oves I, Alcántara Paisán F de la C, Cárdenas Domínguez T, García Navas Y. Professional motivation towards the Medicine degree in Santa Clara students of “Captain Roberto Rodríguez” pre-university. EDUMEC [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 28 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];12(2):76-91. Available from: https://revedumecentro.sld.cu/index.php/edumc/article/view/1458

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2020)

Section

ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL

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