A proposal to introduce the topic of the aging process into the syllabus of Comprehensive Medicine Specialty

Authors

  • Gicela Francisca Díaz Pita Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna. Pinar del Río
  • Yanin Arteaga Prado Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna. Pinar del Río
  • Elvira María González Fernández Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna. Pinar del Río
  • José Abel Palacios Díaz Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna. Pinar del Río
  • Nancy Gener Arencibia Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna. Pinar del Río

Keywords:

DeCS, Aging, Comprehensive Medicine, Syllabus, Teaching.

Abstract

ABSTRACT

 

Introduction: from the previous academic years of medical studies the issues related to the process of aging have been emphasized and introduced into the syllabus of Comprehensive Medicine Specialty.

 

Objective: to design a proposal to introduce the issues of aging into the syllabus of Comprehensive Medicine Specialty

 

Methods: a pedagogical study guided by the dialectical materialistic method was conducted, which allowed the use of theoretical and empirical methods. Within the first group the induction-deduction and historical-logical method was applied, performing a documentary analysis to the second group, a review of the syllabuses and the methodological guidelines for Comprehensive Medicine Subject along with a literature examination of the topic were examined.

 

Results: the introduction of ten topics comprising the process of aging was designed to be introduced into the syllabus of Comprehensive Medicine Subject, in order to enhance the training of a comprehensive professional into the specialty including the issues related to aging, ensuring this way a higher quality of health care services for the elderly in Primary Health Care.

 

Conclusions: the topics proposed are a way for a comprehensive training of medical students, as well as strong support in providing health care services during the aging process.

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Author Biography

Gicela Francisca Díaz Pita, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna. Pinar del Río

Especialista de segundo grado en medicina general integral, profesora auxiliar, máster en longevidad satisfactoria e investigadora agregada.

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Published

2016-12-13

How to Cite

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Díaz Pita GF, Arteaga Prado Y, González Fernández EM, Palacios Díaz JA, Gener Arencibia N. A proposal to introduce the topic of the aging process into the syllabus of Comprehensive Medicine Specialty. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 13 [cited 2025 Oct. 12];20(4):483-8. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/2709

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 4 (2016)

Section

UP TO DATE ARTICLE OF SOCIAL, HUMANITIES AND PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES

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