ABSTRACT
Se realizó una investigación con enfoque cualitativo en la Filial de Ciencias Médicas "Lidia Doce Sánchez" de Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara, de enero 2008 a marzo 2009, para diseñar un software educativo como medio de enseñanza para la asignatura de Historia de Cuba I de la carrera Medicina. El universo estuvo constituido por la totalidad de los estudiantes de segundo y tercer años que reciben el modelo tradicional y los profesores que lo imparten. Se utilizaron métodos teóricos y empíricos, y se realizó la triangulación como técnica de investigación cualitativa. Se constata que este programa no aborda contenidos de historia de la salud pública y la localidad por lo que se seleccionan temáticas agrupadas en tres temas por períodos históricos. Se diseñó un software educativo con estos contenidos para complementar la asignatura de Historia de Cuba I.
A qualitative research work was carried out in the "Lidia Doce Sánchez" Health University Site of Sagua la Grande municipality from January 2008 to March 2009 with the objective to design an educative software as a material aid for the subject History of Cuba I in the Medicine career. The universe comprises all the students of the second and third year of the traditional model as well as the professors who work with the subject. Empirical and theoretical methods were used and the information gathered was contrasted, as a technique of the qualitative research. It was detected that the syllabus doesn´t contain aspects on the History of Public Health in the location. There were selected three topics and they were grouped according to three different historical periods. It was designed an educative software with the contents on the History of Public Health in the location as a complement of the subject History of Cuba I.