Human leptospirosis: a strategy of overcoming

Authors

  • Humbelina Díaz Alfonso Hospital Provincial Docente Clínico Quirúrgico "León Cuervo Rubio", de Pinar del Río
  • Odalys Padrón González Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Ernesto che Guevara de la Serna”. Pinar del Río
  • José Carlos Lorenzo Díaz Hospital General Docente Abel Santamaría Cuadrado. Pinar del Río

Keywords:

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, LEPTOSPIROSIS, LEARNING.

Abstract

Introduction: postgraduate professional training is a set of teaching-learning processes that makes possible to improve professional performance based on the needs identified when implementing the strategy. Human leptospirosis is an infectious disease that requires immediate and accurate response of the health professionals from the primary care system.

 

Objective: to design a strategy to improve the professional performance in human leptospirosis favoring this way the integral management of specialists in Comprehensive Medicine.

 

Development: to conduct this study, empirical, theoretical and statistical-mathematical methods and procedures were used, along with the review of the current regulations for the construction of pedagogical strategies, as well as articles and methodological norms for their design. The criterion of experts was considered to validate the scientific product.

 

Conclusions: it is proposed, based on the results of the diagnosis, the design of a strategy to train specialists in Comprehensive Medicine working in Primary Health Care aimed at strengthening the development of professional skills that allow prevention and promotion actions, as well as a timely clinical-epidemiological diagnosis and to establish the protocol of leptospirosis management. It is necessary to unite the quality of the training of health professionals in the field of human leptospirosis. This work demonstrates the need of implementing a strategy to train the specialists in Comprehensive Medicine which is necessary to develop the integral management of the disease from the primary health care.

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Author Biographies

Humbelina Díaz Alfonso, Hospital Provincial Docente Clínico Quirúrgico "León Cuervo Rubio", de Pinar del Río

Especialista de Primer y Segundo Grado en Medicina Interna, Auxiliar. Investigador Agregado

Odalys Padrón González, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Ernesto che Guevara de la Serna”. Pinar del Río

Especialista de Primer y Segundo Grado en Medicina General Integral. Máster en Educación Médica, Profesora Auxiliar, Investigador Agregado.

José Carlos Lorenzo Díaz, Hospital General Docente Abel Santamaría Cuadrado. Pinar del Río

Licenciado en Psicología. Hospital General  Docente Abel Santamaría Cuadrado. Pinar del Río

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2017-12-28

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Díaz Alfonso H, Padrón González O, Lorenzo Díaz JC. Human leptospirosis: a strategy of overcoming. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 28 [cited 2025 Aug. 9];22(1):133-41. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/3285

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2018)

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UP TO DATE ARTICLE OF SOCIAL, HUMANITIES AND PEDAGOGICAL SCIENCES

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