The Virtual Health Classroom in the context of Higher Medical Education

Abstract

Introduction:

The new trends in Higher Medical Education demand the training of digital skills in teachers to face the requirements of new learning scenarios .

Objective:

To identify the level of knowledge and the use that the Medical Sciences teachers of Mayabeque make of the Virtual Health Classroom in the teaching-learning process.

Methods:

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Mayabeque, from December 2021 to May 2022. The universe was of 485 teachers and by non-probabilistic, intentional sampling, by criteria; a sample of 223 was selected. To collect the information, a questionnaire was applied and a database was created. The statistical analysis consisted of a distribution of absolute and relative frequencies.

Results:

The average level of knowledge predominated in 78.47% of the teachers. 84.3% of teachers obtained knowledge of the Virtual Health Classroom through refresher courses and workshops offered by the Provincial Center for Medical Sciences Information and the Methodological Department. The frequency of using prevailed, sometimes, for 70.8 %. 49.3% of teachers agreed that the Virtual Health Classroom were useful and 50.7 % agreed that they were necessary in the teaching-learning process.

Conclusions:

Teachers have a medium level of knowledge of the Virtual Health Classroom, which is obtained through workshops and refresher courses and they use it only sometimes. Teachers rate it as useful or necessary in the teaching-learning process.