Grado de satisfacción en la adquisición de competencias clínicas para la interpretación de medidas antropométricas en estudiantes de medicina de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja período septiembre 2012-febrero 2013

Abstract

This research aims to assess the degree of satisfaction, advantages and disadvantages, and the perceptions of students and teachers in relation to teaching by simulation and traditional teaching practices in order to achieve clinical skills in anthropometry. The present investigation is a descriptive quasi-experimental with a quantitative-comparative research. The method to collect data was a Likert scale style a survey; Another survey was used to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the methods. These surveys were applied to the third semester students and teachers of theoretical-practical semiology of the Bachelor of Medicine of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja who participated in the workshop of interpretation of anthropometric measurements; it was also applied to the ninth semester students who took semiology and to its teacher that used a traditional teaching method. The results of the research showed that 50 % of the students in the traditional teaching method are dissatisfied, whereas the 45.10 % of the students taught by the simulation method are satisfied