Conditions for Improving the Virtual Classrooms of the Discipline Biological Bases of Medicine

Authors

  • Dayamí Maza Ares F. C. M. Salvador Allende
  • Eduardo de Jesús Pomares Bory F. C. M. Salvador Allende
  • Odalys Vázquez Naranjo F. C. M. Salvador Allende
  • Rafael Rivero Martínez Malo F. C. M. Salvador Allende

Keywords:

projects of information and communication technologies, digital competences, virtual classroom, medical education.

Abstract

Introduction: Didactic management using the Moodle platform requires professors apt to act as managers of such process.

Objective: To assess the conditions to improve the functioning of the virtual classrooms of the discipline Biological Bases of Medicine, in the Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences at Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Allende.

Methods: A descriptive research, with a mixed approach and based on a field study, was carried out during the academic year 2023 in the Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences at Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Allende. Theoretical methods were used (analysis-synthesis, deduction-induction and systemic approach), as well as empirical methods (questionnaire) and mathematical-statistical methods.

Results: Among the appreciated strengths, there was the attitude towards the educational use of information and communication technologies, together with the general mastery of such technologies. The use of the activities available in the Moodle platform was shown to be limited; therefore, the conditions for improving the functioning of virtual classrooms were assessed as insufficient.

Conclusions: To improve the functioning of the virtual classrooms of the Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences at Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Allende, the creative and innovative use of the activities available on the Moodle platform are required to be encouraged; therefore, the training of professors to assume this activity should be increased. A departmental methodological activity is suggested to be implemented with this purpose.

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Author Biographies

Dayamí Maza Ares, F. C. M. Salvador Allende

Profesora Asistente. Dpto. Ciencias Básicas Biomédicas- F.C.M. Salvador Allende

Eduardo de Jesús Pomares Bory, F. C. M. Salvador Allende

Profesor Auxiliar y Consultante. MSc Educación Superior en Ciencias de la Salud. Dpto. Ciencias Básicas Biomédicas. F.C.M. Salvador Allende

Odalys Vázquez Naranjo, F. C. M. Salvador Allende

Profesora Auxiliar. MSc Didáctica de la Anatomía. Jefa del Dpto. de Ciencias Básicas Biomédicas. F.C.M. Salvador Allende

Rafael Rivero Martínez Malo, F. C. M. Salvador Allende

Profesor Asistente. Dpto. Ciencias Básicas Biomédicas- F.C.M. Salvador Allende

Published

2024-03-23

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Maza Ares D, Pomares Bory E de J, Vázquez Naranjo O, Rivero Martínez Malo R. Conditions for Improving the Virtual Classrooms of the Discipline Biological Bases of Medicine. Educación Médica Superior [Internet]. 2024 Mar. 23 [cited 2025 Apr. 6];38. Available from: https://ems.sld.cu/index.php/ems/article/view/3990

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