The Usage of Mobile Telephony in the Teaching-Learning Process of Ophthalmology

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Keywords:

mobile telephony, teaching-learning process, resident, ophthalmology.

Abstract

Introduction: Ophthalmology is the medical science dealing with the study of the visual system and the organ of vision, as well as its annexes. For this purpose, it is equipped with a set of advanced technologies that allow describing the multiple pathologies presented by patients. Nowadays, it is nourished by the use of mobile devices, mainly in knowledge management, but its other dimensions are not exploited.

Objective: To identify the references that support the use of mobile telephony in the teaching-learning process of ophthalmology residents.

Methods: A technological development research was carried out in the field of higher medical education. As theoretical methods, the historical-logical, the analytical-synthetic, and the systemic-structural-functional methods were used.

Results: Mobile telephony is a new trend in Cuban higher education, as well as in medical education, as an alternative to develop teaching-learning processes, through its use for socialization, communication among students, and information management, as a teaching-learning means and a work tool.

Conclusions: There is some contradiction between the training that ophthalmology residents should receive with respect to the use of technologies and the preparation that they have for their usage in accordance with their specialty. Although there are several studies that demonstrate the importance of using mobile telephony in the training of ophthalmology residents, as an object for studying and a work tool, there has not been a way to include it as one of the technologies within the ophthalmology residency in Cuba.

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Author Biographies

Maibi Pérez de la Rosa, Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana.

Médico Especialista en Medicina General Integral y Oftalmología. Profesor Instructor.

Yanet Trujillo Baldoquin, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Enrique Cabrera. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana.

Profesor Titular.

Rosalina Ramos Hernández, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Calixto García

Asesor metodológico de calidad y acreditación universitaria. Profesor Titular. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Calixto García. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana

Published

2023-10-18

How to Cite

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Pérez de la Rosa M, Trujillo Baldoquin Y, Ramos Hernández R. The Usage of Mobile Telephony in the Teaching-Learning Process of Ophthalmology. Educación Médica Superior [Internet]. 2023 Oct. 18 [cited 2025 Mar. 12];37(4). Available from: https://ems.sld.cu/index.php/ems/article/view/3849

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