Sistema Regional de Información
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el Caribe, España y Portugal

Background: as part of the research project "Outstanding Educators of the 20th Century", the personality of Dr. Norma Ciriaca Pérez Calleja, pediatrician and outstanding professor from Ciego de Ávila province was selected for this study.Objective: to let know the life and work of the aforementioned doctor as a paradigm in the field of Pediatrics and medical education.Methods: a descriptive research work within the qualitative approach was carried out at Ciego de Ávila University of Medical Sciences, in the academic year 2016-2017. The biographical or life history method was used to reconstruct the vital development as a singular expression of the social reality lived by the doctor, through different sources: documentary review of her teaching file and other materials that endorse her social recognitions, chronicles about her life, scientific works, interviews, testimonies of colleagues and patients, and photos.Results: the life of the doctor and professor was characterized and her contribution to the training of professionals of the medical sciences in Ciego de Ávila. The documents consulted allowed to endorse her social behavior as a living example, her firm convictions and strong will, all of which make her a bearer of high spiritual principles and values, which are the guide for many others and become significant teachings for the majority of those who know her.Conclusions: the mobilizing influence, professionalism and educational work of Dr. Norma Ciriaca Pérez Calleja allowed considering her as a social educator and an example to follow for the new generations.

Background: the realization and exhibition of the thesis works in the university allows to initiate the student in the field of scientific research.Objective: to describe the main bibliometric indicators of theses supported by undergraduate students.Methods: a descriptive, retrospective observational study was conducted, with a quantitative approach, which evaluated 186 theses made by students of the Faculty of Dentistry, registered in the Cybertesis web portal of the National University of San Marcos from 2013 to 2017. Methods were used Theoretical: historical-logical, analysis-synthesis and induction-deduction; Empirical: the documentary review of the theses developed. The variables were analyzed: productivity index, productivity by gender, scientific publication, citation index, methodological design, thematic area and collaboration networks.Results: it was found that the majority of the theses were supported by women, the average time that a student demanded his thesis was 2 years, and the main methodological design: the observational study; they were executed mainly in the laboratories (extraclinical) of the faculty. Collaborative networks were found around the basic sciences, orthodontics and periodontics, mostly. Regarding the impact factor, 40 theses presented an average of 0.53 ± 1.26.Conclusions: the main bibliometric indicators of the thesis supported by the undergraduate students were described, it was determined that their thematic should be reoriented towards the priorities of the scientific community related to oral health.

Fundamento: la homeopatía es una ciencia que atiende al paciente con un enfoque holístico; ha demostrado su validez en el tratamiento exitoso de determinadas dolencias.Objetivo: elaborar una miniguía como recurso de apoyo al médico homeópata para el tratamiento de la hipertensión arterial.Métodos: se realizó una investigación observacional transversal en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara, durante el año 2016. Se emplearon métodos teóricos: histórico-lógico, analítico-sintético, inductivo-deductivo y sistémico-estructural; y empíricos: la encuesta en forma de cuestionario a los médicos diplomados en homeopatía para comprobar su nivel de conocimientos sobre el tema.Resultados: los autores consideran que la literatura sobre homeopatía resulta aún insuficiente, se evidenciaron carencias de conocimientos entre los profesionales encuestados y desactualización bibliográfica en los contenidos, por lo que se elaboró una miniguía homeopática que fue valorada por criterios de especialistas.Conclusiones: contiene la descripción de múltiples medicamentos homeopáticos para combatir la hipertensión arterial y fue valorada como útil, pertinente, factible, actualizada en sus contenidos y de valor científico-pedagógico por los especialistas consultados. 

Numerous studies have defined the term competence and how to develop and evaluate it in different contexts. Based on a critical review of the literature on the subject at national and international level, this research work solves the scientific problem how to contribute to the training of competences in university professors? The concepts of pedagogical-didactic, interactive, researching, productive, specification and institutional competences were defined, with their actions and methodological recommendations as a valid proposal for their training in university professors for the sake of an adequate teaching performance.

Este trabajo pretende aclarar contenidos, modos y finalidades de la apropiación del cine en las obras de los Contemporáneos, con atención especial para las modalidades y finalidades de su ficcionalización del mundo del cine. Dentro del corpus de su narrativa, destacan dos novelas – de Gilberto Owen y Jaime Torres Bodet, respectivamente–, que integran el cine en sus universos ficcionales. Para poder entender las particularidades de estas apropiaciones hay que enfocarlas en el contexto del momento, es decir, en relación con el desarrollo tanto del cine mismo como del discurso público en torno a éste. Por otra parte, quiero contribuir a entender “lo vanguardista” de sus apropiaciones. Para ello me apoyo en una noción de las vanguardias latinoamericanas que no cifra lo vanguardista en determinados contenidos o procedimientos, sino en el efecto de crítica cultural –y moderna dentro de la misma modernidad– que una obra intenta desplegar en el contexto en el que se enfoca. Es decir, en el caso de la novela vanguardista se han de tener en cuenta no sólo sus rasgos de ruptura, como la renovación de la relación entre ficción y realidad, la problematización del sujeto, el discursive turn, la apropiación y remodelización de la modernidad y la orientación americana; sino también su búsqueda de una experiencia estética autónoma y a la vez performativo- crítica.

Introduction. The present study provides description of two typologically diverse languages in origin (Slavic vs. Latin), script (Cyrillic vs. Roman), and internal structure. One of the similarities, between the two studied orthographies is that spelling-sound transparency is quite consistent in both languages. The goal of the present study was to offer a comparison of learning to read in these languages. Specifically, the study compared the importance of several predictors in the development of reading among children learning two consistent orthographies (Bulgarian and Spanish).Method. A total of 157 children, native speakers of Bulgarian (n=80) and Spanish (n=77), were recruited from three public schools (one in Sofia and two in Madrid) located in middleclass areas. Correlational and regression analyses revealed that Bulgarian and Spanish data were fitted by the same predictors of passage reading efficiency and reading speed.Results. The analyses showed that RAN-Letters played an important role in predicting reading fluency and passage reading efficiency among children in both languages. In addition, Vocabulary appeared to be a core component skill of reading comprehension, which was equally important for learners of both orthographies. Results showed that when equivalent reading predictors are assessed, the core components of fluency and higher level literacy skills (reading comprehension) appear to be very similar in both consistent orthographies.Discussion and Conclusion. Theoretical and educational implications that highlight the importance of RAN and Vocabulary assessement and intervention in the first primary school years are discussed.

Introduction. The aim of this study was to explore the specific vocational identity of secondary school students whose first choice of degree program is Psychology. In particular, this study analyzes when their interest in Psychology began, the curriculum track taken in high school and their profile of vocational interests and values.Method. The sample was made up of 4715 subjects in their final year of secondary education at public or private schools in the Greater Madrid region (Spain); 43.9% were male, and the mean age was 17.38 years (SD= .64). Subjects completed the Project Orion battery of guidance questionnaires. A subsample of 509 students wished to study Psychology; their mean age was 17.38 years (SD= .69), and 76.2% were female.Results. The results showed significant differences in the profile of vocational interests and values of students who wished to study Psychology, in comparison to the others. Specifically, students opting for Psychology showed greater interest in the area of Healthcare, followed by interests in the vocational area of Teaching and Guidance. Furthermore, the vocational values that characterize students who wish to study Psychology were: Helping people, Doing something useful and important and Pursuing higher values. The guidance they had received from teachers and school counselors about which curriculum track to follow in upper secondary school was appropriate.Discussion and conclusions. The stability of this interest over time, after its appearance at some time during adolescence, shows the field of Psychology to be something eminently vocational. The present study demonstrates the importance of guidance activities during the first year of post-compulsory secondary education (11th grade). It also contributes to improved guidance processes in compulsory and post-compulsory secondary education, and toward a better understanding of the identity of this profession in current society.

Introduction. When faced with challenges or complications, we typically turn to coping. Coping is a multifaceted and multidimensional construct, with many coping mechanisms developed in the form of questionnaires to measure a number of coping styles. Consequently, when we are not able to resolve a problem, we normally seek help from another person. The goal of this current study is to investigate students’ coping strategies and help-seeking behaviors while pursuing their studies at a university in Brunei.Method. A questionnaire consisting of questions related to demographic, coping and helpseeking behaviors were disseminated to 395 university students. The final sample analyzed consisted of 352 students (270 females and 82 males). The analyses of the quantitative data involved procedures such as descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and nonparametric statistics.Results. A two-Way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis identified task-oriented coping and gender as the main effects are significantly related to academic achievement. Both variables had high effect sizes and statistical power. Hierarchical stepwise multiple regression analysis confirmed task-focused coping and female gender as the variables most significantly related to academic success. Binary logistic regression analysis further showed that task-andemotion based coping was significantly related to achieving at or above the 75th percentile. Task-oriented students had higher odds for performing above the third quartile (OR = 1.043, 95% CI for OR = 1.019 - 1.069). Self-dependent students were 1.9 times more likely to achieve higher than other peers (OR = 1.930, 95% CI = 0.791 - 4.708). Students who sought help from lecturers were more likely to perform better than others (OR = 1.163, 95% CI = 0.530 - 2.552). Similarly, students who consulted peers had high likelihood for good achievement (OR = 1.049, 95% CI = 0.484 - 2.272).Discussion and Conclusion. The task-oriented coping style was the best achievement predictor for all students with high support needs. The help-seeking resources consulted most by distressed students were self, lecturers, and peers. Students who utilized these three sources of help had high likelihood to obtain good academic results. Moreover, male students need more assistance than the females.