A Professional Improvement Strategy in Natural and Traditional Medicine for Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialists

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professional improvement strategy, natural and traditional medicine, Orthopedics and Traumatology specialists.

Abstract

Introduction: Natural and traditional medicine aims at integrating knowledge within its modalities to medical practice, based on an adequate selection and scientific foundation. Since its development as part of the professional improvement process in specialties such as Orthopedics and Traumatology, it achieves quality medical care, adjusts itself to the current sociohistorical conditions and the development of new action styles, improves interpersonal relationships, as well as promotes ethical and moral values in close relationship with the community.

Objective: To present the foundations that support the design and application of a professional improvement strategy with Orthopedics and Traumatology specialists for the application of natural and traditional medicine.

Methods: A pedagogical and prospective study was carried out, using theoretical and empirical methods. Modeling was used for the elaboration of the professional improvement strategy, which made possible the concretion-abstraction process with its interrelations and links in view of the application of natural and traditional medicine. The criteria used by Yerina Figueredo, Ph.D., were assumed. The population was 43 Orthopedics and Traumatology specialists  from Hospital Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso, of Santiago de Cuba, between July and December 2021.

Results: A high level of satisfaction with the application of the strategy was demonstrated and the consultation with experts evidenced an improvement in the performance of these professionals.

Conclusions: The updating in the modalities of natural and traditional medicine for the training of Orthopedics and Traumatology specialists contributed a group of regularities to permanent and continuous training, which enriches the sciences of medical education.

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Arthur Balbour Smith Austin, Hospital General Santiago ¨Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso¨ Instituto Superior de ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Medicina No.2. Santiago de Cuba

1Doctor en Medicina. Especialista I Grado en Ortopedia y Traumatología y de II grado en Medicina Natural y Tradicional. Máster en Medicina Natural y Tradicional. Investigador auxiliar. Profesor Auxiliar y Consultante. Facultad de medicina No. 2. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Santiago de Cuba. Cuba.

Yerina Figueredo Mesa, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana.

Licenciada en Enfermería. Diplomada en  Medicina Natural y Tradicional. Máster en Urgencias Médicas. Doctora en Ciencias de la Educación Médica. Profesora Asistente.

María Eugenia García Céspedes, Facultad de medicina No. 2. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Santiago de Cuba. Hospital General Santiago

Doctora en Medicina. Especialista II grado en Medicina Interna. Doctora en Ciencias Pedagógicas y en Ciencias Médicas.  Investigador Titular. Profesora Titular.

Liurka Isabel Smith Salazar, Hospital General Santiago ¨Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso¨ Instituto Superior de ciencias Médicas, Facultad de Medicina No.2. Santiago de Cuba

Licenciada en enfermería. Especialista de I grado en Higiene y Epidemiología. Máster en Enfermedades Infecciosas. Profesor Instructor

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2023-10-16

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Smith Austin AB, Figueredo Mesa Y, García Céspedes ME, Smith Salazar LI. A Professional Improvement Strategy in Natural and Traditional Medicine for Orthopedics and Traumatology Specialists. Educación Médica Superior [Internet]. 2023 Oct. 16 [cited 2025 Mar. 12];37(4). Available from: https://ems.sld.cu/index.php/ems/article/view/3966

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