Resultados docentes en una década de trabajo en Oftalmología. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Artemisa

Introduction: The learning of the ophthalmology subject in the village of Guanajay began to be developed with the advanced studies universalization. Absorbed in the teaching improvement some evaluations of learning system’s controls were done and as a result of this, the students’ knowledge, skills and habits in the teaching process were valued. Objective: To evaluate the teaching results achieved by the Ophthalmology subject during 10 courses. Material and methods: Retrospective and descriptive study based on 231 evaluation cards of students from the 5th year of the Medicine career, for Ophthalmology subject in the Artemisa’s Medical Sciences Faculty from Guanajay and Artemisa villages from September 2004 to July 2014. The analyses were done using a descriptive statistic technique. Results:Students with good assistance to the curricular activities predominated (63,6%). A high percentage of students got excellent results in their academic results, being the 5 points evaluation the most usually in diverse activities. There was a correlation between the grades in the theoretical test and the attendance to the teaching-learning activities. Out of the 10 analyzed courses, in 9 there was obtained as an average, the student’s performance over the 90 points. Conclusions: There was a stable and good attendance to the curricular activities in the period studied, which was correlated to the grades in the theoretical exam. The academic performance was considered as excellent due to the predominance of high grades in the students.Keywords: students, medicine career, Ophthalmology, education, educational evaluation, learning. Introducción. El aprendizaje de la asignatura de Oftalmología en el municipio de Guanajay se desarrolla desde el inicio de la universalización de la Enseñanza Superior. Inmersos en el perfeccionamiento de dicha enseñanza se realizaron controles al sistema de evaluación del aprendizaje, lo que conllevó valorar conocimientos y habilidades del estudiante en el proceso docente educativo. Objetivo: Evaluar los resultados docentes en la asignatura de Oftalmología durante 10 cursos académicos. Material y Métodos: Estudio retrospectivo y descriptivo basado en el análisis de 231 tarjetas evaluativas de los estudiantes de 5to. año de Medicina, asignatura de Oftalmología, pertenecientes a la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Artemisa, municipios Guanajay-Artemisa, desde septiembre de 2004 hasta julio de 2014. Los datos se procesaron mediante diferentes técnic