Simulación en la adquisición de la competencia clínica para realizar examen ginecológico y toma de pap test en estudiantes de medicina de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, periodo septiembre 2013-febrero 2014

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Abstract: The purpose of this work is to implement simulation workshops for gynecological examination and pap test taking; and compare clinical competence acquired through in-person versus virtual tutoring using Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). For this purpose, a prospective descriptive study was carried out, consisting of 54 ninth cycle medical students from the Private Technical University of Loja, enrolled in the academic period September 2013-February 2014 in the Integrated Gynecology-Obstetrics Program, to whom These workshops were given to them, obtaining the following results: in the initial evaluation, the students of the face-to-face modality passed, 100%, with grades ≥ 14; Meanwhile, those in the virtual modality passed 92.58% with grades ≥ 14, while 7.41% failed it with averages between 10 and 13. However, in the OSCE at the end of the cycle, students from both modalities (100%) passed it with grades ≥14. In this way, the acquisition of the skill to perform a gynecological examination and take a pap test is reliable with both methodologies, although with better results in the in-person method.