Training of professionals and other health workers for the hospital approach against COVID-19

Abstract

Background: Cuba has deployed a national strategy for the prevention and control against COVID-19; Among its elements, training for professionals and other workers in the health sector stands out.
Objective: to show the design and implementation of an improvement course for the training of professionals and other workers on the hospital approach against COVID-19.
Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out between March-May 2020 at the "Manuel Fajardo Rivero" University Military Hospital, in Santa Clara, Villa Clara. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis and inductive-deductive; empirical: documentary analysis, nominal group and the criteria of specialists for the evaluation of the designed product.
Results: the training was carried out through the course designed in the face-to-face modality with a duration of one week; It consists of six themes and is designed according to specific learning needs depending on the work activity of the workers. Various didactic principles and different evaluation modalities were applied to verify the apprehension of the contents, and simulation was potentiated as a didactic strategy.
Conclusions: the designed course fulfills the didactic requirements, is pertinent, feasible and has an adequate scientific and methodological treatment in its subjects according to the criteria of the specialists consulted; Its execution made it possible to measure the level of appropriation of knowledge and skills for patient care. Its positive impact has been demonstrated when, after more than 60 days of uninterrupted work in the hospital, contagion among its workers has not been reported.