Usefulness of Active Screening in the Confrontation of COVID-19 for Epidemiological Control and Cultural Formation

Introduction: Active screening in Cuba demonstrated wide usefulness and effectiveness in the confrontation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The participation of students and professors from medical universities contributed to greater efficiency. Objective: To describe the usefulness of active research in the confrontation of the COVID-19 pandemic, as an epidemiological strategy and a scientific-cultural experience. Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The universe was made up of 140 students of medical science. The sample was composed of twelve students from a screening brigade, two family medicine specialists and two nursing graduates from the family medical offices selected by nonprobabilistic sampling by feasibility, organized in pairs. The actions were structured in four stages: recognition, characterization, rectification-confrontation and consolidation. The data were obtained from the surveys carried out and from the daily data collection model. Results: The procedure used, with dates of history, arts and sciences, as well as field trip to historical sites, was novel for the students and staff of the family medical offices. 83% considered the work carried out as very useful and 75% valued it as mostly different. 100% of the population was studied by screening every week. Conclusions: Active screening is an effective diagnostic action that can be used for contributing to cultural training and strengthening ideological-political work with students. © 2021, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.

The Socioconstructivist Approach for the Teaching Process in the Training Conditions of COVID-19

Introduction: The current condition marked by the Covid 19 require graduating professionals who resolve with integrity, Independence and in a creative way, the problems that arise in the exercise of their work activity. Objective: To show, organically and in the context of the pandemic, the arguments regarding the importance of the socioconstructivist didactic approach focused on the development of logical-intellectual and professional skills. Development: A qualitative study was carried out on the socioconstructivist approach and the teaching process in the training conditions of COVID-19. A bibliographic review was carried out based on theoretical inquiries such as logical-historical analysis and documental analysis, with vast information that served as a source of knowledge about the professional training process demanded nowadays. A challenge is imposed on the training process and its main actors (professors and students), because the assimilation of contents by anybody who learns must be based on the development of the logical-professional skills included in the professional profile. This requires a teaching leadership for encouraging the development of theoretical-systemic, critical and creative thinking, closely related to values and to work ethics. Conclusions: The socioconstructivist didactic approach focused on the development of logical-intellectual and professional skills imposes a challenge to the training process and its main actors (teachers and students), due to the assimilation of contents by learners based on the development of logical-intellectual and professional skills, included in the professional profile. © 2021, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.