Отчеты о случаях диабета

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Telemedicine as a teaching tool for endocrinology in medical students

Iván Quevedo

The medical student is currently immersed in a highly technological society, where telemedicine could be used as an instrument towards greater learning. Objective: The objective of the study is to analyze the achievement of competences and the degree of satisfaction of medical students with the use of telemedicine as a didactic strategy in the teaching of endocrinology. Material and Method: Pre-experimental, correlational, cross-sectional study and measurement after the intervention. The sample consisted of 40 third-year medical students (24 men and 16 women) who performed their endocrinology practice during the second semester of 2017. They were evaluated the achievements in the competences through a scale of appreciation and The degree of satisfaction with the teaching activity was measured through a validated questionnaire (Cronbach’s de 0.9565). Results: The performance of the students in the teleendocrinology module when evaluating the competences of analyzing, synthesizing and presenting a teleconsultated clinical case was 6.1 on a scale of 1 to 7, and no differences were found according to sex. 90% of the students considered the teaching methodology based on telemedicine very motivating and 82.5% considered that this methodology favors the integration of the contents. Conclusions: Telemedicine can be used as a tool to evaluate endocrinology academic competences in undergraduate medical students, and that they show a high degree of satisfaction with this type of teaching activity.