Digital collaboration platform applied to university management

The Covid-19 pandemic has become a great challenge to maintain practices in laboratories from a distance, with a quality educational service through interaction with virtual platforms. The objective of this study was to analyze the experience of using the digital platform for teachers of the Cafam University Foundation (Unicafam) in the area of Engineering, in Colombia. The study was carried out under the qualitative approach, with the methodology of hermeneutic analysis and observation techniques, bibliographic review, semi-structured interviews within the university environment. Results show the optimization of a digitized university management system and the use of collaboration platforms such as Share Point, guarantee access and facilitate the successful permanence of students in the university educational system, in addition to contributing to the training of highly qualified professionals. qualified, in environments characterized by innovative technology. It is concluded that the use of collaborative technological tools such as Share Point, are pertinent and relevant for the optimization of university management, from the formalization in the use of the structure, as the guarantee of comprehensive care for students who face to post-pandemic challenges. © 2022, Universidad del Zulia. All rights reserved.

Satisfaction of Virtual Education in students of the Industrial and System Engineering career at UNICIT, in a Covid-19 context

Methodologically, the study has a qualitative approach, framed in the phenomenological. The techniques used were the bibliographic review and the semi-structured interview applied to 10 key informants within the university environment. Among the conclusions, the students expressed satisfaction regarding the quality of the educational materials;in the management that teachers have of Information and Communication Technologies;as well as with the use of virtual classrooms and the platform as tools to face the current situation created by Covid-19. On the other hand, less satisfactory situations were the student's problems in adapting to technological changes, the issue of communication with the teacher and feedback. © 2022 Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions. All rights reserved.

Psychological factors associated with the intention of getting vaccinated against covid-19 in mexico

Introduction: Intention of getting vaccinated are governed by positive beliefs and attitudes towards the vaccine and vaccination, as well as others’ opinion about the immunization. Objective: Identify the psychological factors associated with the intention to vaccinated against COVID-19 in Mexico, through the evaluation of a theory of planned behavior-based model. Material and methods: A sample of 729 adults from different states of the Mexican Republic participated, who were between 18 and 77 years old (mean = 33.57, SD = 14.28). The participants answered an evaluation battery disseminated by social networks. A path analysis was carried out on which absolute and comparative adjustment indices are reported. Results: It was identified that 87.2% of the participants reported intentions of getting vaccinated and the best perceived vaccine was the Pfizer-BioNTech. The model showed a good statistical fit and explains 62% of the variance for the intentions to vaccinated against COVID-19. Conclusion: Evidence is shown of the importance of beliefs and attitudes about vaccines, vaccination behavior and the opinion of the social group in the intention of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in Mexican population. © 2021, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias. All rights reserved.

Telemedicine during the covid-19 pandemic

Telemedicine worldwide and in Mexico has been very useful during the COVID-19 pandemic. Being able to provide health care services where distance is a critical factor, at a time when health services are saturated, and where face-to-face care implies a risk for both the health care provider and the patients, it has been indispensable during the pandemic. The speed with which telemedicine services have been implemented globally has been very different. There are still great challenges to be solved in order to provide this type of care worldwide. It should be noted that telemedicine complements patient care, rather than replacing the usual face-to-face care.

Pulmonary and critical care medicine as a single specialty. The mandatory response in the era of respiratory pandemics

Mexico experiences great challenges in public health and its health system. Demographic transition combines the coexistence of infectious and chronic-degenerative diseases. Respiratory diseases are some of the major public health problems and have been aggravated by the advent of respiratory pandemics: Influenza A H1N1 in 2009 and COVID-19 by SARS-CoV-2 during 2020. In this period, the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER), the main training center for specialized human resources in Mexico, like other centers for the specialty of pulmonary medicine, has undergone a profound transformation towards the healthcare integration of respiratory and critical care medicine. Nevertheless, the great lack of specialized human resources in this area has become more evident during the current epidemiological emergency. It confirms that the proposal to integrate pulmonary and critical care medicine into a single specialty may be one of the compelling and effective responses to match some of the greatest challenges of medicine in our country.

Low Incidence and Mortality by SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Healthcare Workers in a Health National Center in Mexico: Successful Establishment of an Occupational Medicine Program

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Healthcare workers (HCWs) constitute a population which is significantly affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection worldwide. In Mexico, the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER) is the principal national reference of respiratory diseases. Aim: To evaluate the efficiency of the INER-POL-TRAB-COVID19 program to mitigate the SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among the INER-healthcare workers (INER-HCW). Methods: Currently, the INER has 250 beds and 200 respiratory ventilators to support COVID-19 patients in critical condition. On March 1st, 2020, the INER-POL-TRAB-COVID19 program was launched to mitigate the SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among the INER-HCW. Findings: From March 1st to October 1st, 2020, 71.5% of INER-HCWs were tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection, and 77% of them were frontline workers. Among the tested INER-HCWs, 10.4% were positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nonetheless, nosocomial infection represented only 3.8% of the cases and the mortality was null. Fifty-three of INER-HCWs positive to SARS-CoV-2 had a negative test 42-56 days post-diagnosis and were returned to service. Finally, although a change in the PPE implemented on May 11th, 2020, the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was not affected. Conclusion: INER has a lower incidence of HCWs infected with SARS-CoV-2 as compared to the mean of the national report. The implementation of the INER-POL-TRAB-COVID19 program is efficient to decrease the risk of infection among the HCWs. Our findings suggest that the implementation of a similar program at a national level can be helpful to provide a safe environment to HCWs and to prevent the collapse of health institutions.