Evaluación de las asignaturas de infectología y neumolología antes y después de la reforma curricular a través de los conocimientos adquiridos por los estudiantes de quinto y sexto años en la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Cuenca, 2005

Abstract

Evaluation before and after the currilar reform in the School of Medicine of the University of Cuenca. Evaluate and compare the level of training and knowledge of students that caused the curricular reform Neumoloïgía and Infectious Diseases, compared to students who missed the reform: 71 students of fifth year and sixth year in 2005. The objectives were elected ; and compare the qualities, skills and values ​​acquired between these two groups. Data were collected through questionnaires type forms, which were tabulated by computer programs: EXCEL. It showed that the average grade in Pneumology in the fifth year is 15.55; while in the sixth year the average is 15.82. Therefore pensun change does not affect the notes of Pneumology (p = 0.54). The average student in the fifth year is 10.97 Infectología on 10.16 obtained by students in the sixth year with a standard deviation of 2.16 and 1.75 respectively. So changing the curriculum influences Infectious notes (p = 0.01. In the qualitative evaluation found that the majority of students both before and after the curriculum reform have a high percentage of ignorance of the proposals made and structured in the aforementioned reform changes