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sars-cov-2 infections appear to affect children less frequently and severely than adults. Children are frequently asymptomatic or have less severe symptoms and, therefore, less tested. objective. To determine prevalence and epidemiological characterization of sars-cov-2 in children from Chaco, Argentina. material and method. Descriptive, observational study. Once authorized by the Ethics Committee, the Chaco Epidemiology Computerized Database was reviewed, laboratory confirmed pediatric patients with sars-cov-2 infection of both sexes were included, aged between 30 days of life and under 13 years and 11 months of age, from March to September 2020. results. 320 pediatric patients (170 men and 150 women) were admitted. The ages between one and 13 years;average of seven years. The provenance mostly from Resistencia. Regarding morbidities, 86.8% did not present any type and 13.1% did. The most frequent comorbidity was asthma. Regarding the signs and symptoms of presentation: 285 (89%) presented signs-symptoms and 35 (10.9%) asymptomatic. The most frequent signs and symptoms were: fever 106 (37.1%);cough 61 (21.4%);odynophagia 47 (16.4%). conclusions. In the studied population, a higher prevalence of symptomatic was found;being fever and cough, the most prevalent symptoms, however they cannot be considered characteristic of sars-cov-2 in children, requiring further studies.
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Undergraduate medical studies in Cuba are currently governed by Curriculum E, which provides a definition of the role of research training in the learning process. However, clinical research has not managed to occupy the place it deserves. The scant scientific production of medical professionals stems from their poor undergraduate scientific training, whose consequences are visible in their professional performance. Undergraduate medical training is the ideal moment to lay the foundations for scientific thinking. Medical training will never be optimal if it is based on passive imitation. It is necessary to learn to transform experiences into knowledge, and the current COVID-19 pandemic may be a motivating factor in this respect. To analyze the reasons for the scant scientific production of medical professionals, detailed examination should be made of the deficiencies found in the scientific training of undergraduate students. The pandemic has shown that students may be motivated to do research. Occasions such as this should be used to make changes in the curriculum, allotting more time to the teaching of research tools and providing better links with research teams where scientific thinking may be developed. © 2021, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.
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Introduction: The current pandemic of COVID-19 has resulted in the interruption of undergraduate and postgraduate medical science education worldwide. In our country, the training of health professionals has stopped since March this year and the educational routine of teaching schools has been limited. This implies that the beginning of the new academic year in the setting of medical sciences will bring about the implementation of modifications. Objective: To propose adjustments in teaching methods and teaching settings for this period of pandemic. Results: Generally speaking, the complementation of face-to-face classes with other modalities, such as virtual or online, is proposed, together with the use of new teaching scenarios such as virtual platforms and telemedicine, as well as a wider use of social networks. Conclusions: Medical education in times of COVID-19 constitutes a challenge, a reason why it has had the need to reorganize undergraduate and postgraduate education to guarantee the training of our professionals, who will guarantee future medical services of quality and excellence. © 2020, Editorial Ciencias Medicas. All rights reserved.