Virtualization of professional upgrading for improving teaching performance during COVID-19

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professional upgrading, virtualization, virtual learning environments, network learning.

Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic caused professional upgrading to acquire new shades. Universities encouraged the use of information and communication technologies, as well as learning in virtual settings.

Objective: To present criteria on the virtualization of professional upgrading for the improvement of pedagogical performance during COVID-19.

Author's stance: The situation caused by COVID-19 demanded to carry out the teaching-learning process in virtual settings; therefore, the professors from the social sciences area took up this challenge without previous preparation. The professional upgrading process carried out in the virtual classroom proved to be an effective way for the application of virtual educational resources.

Conclusions: Professional upgrading during public health circumstances of emergency was carried out in the virtual classroom of the Latin American School of Medicine, where pedagogical performance could be improved among the professors from the social sciences area.

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Author Biography

Leticia María Bustamante Alfonso, Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina

Dra en Ciencias Pedagógicas, Máster en Educación Avanzada, Profesora Titular, Diplomada en Dirección en Salud, Licenciada en Filosofía Marxista-Leninista e Historia

Published

2022-05-30

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Bustamante Alfonso LM, Pineda Fernández C, Gómez Mirabal JM, Báez Rodríguez AM. Virtualization of professional upgrading for improving teaching performance during COVID-19. Educación Médica Superior [Internet]. 2022 May 30 [cited 2025 Dec. 5];36(2). Available from: https://ems.sld.cu/index.php/ems/article/view/3478

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