La simulación frente a prácticas docentes tradicionales en la adquisición de competencias clínicas en vendajes e inmovilizaciones en estudiantes de medicina de la Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja en el periodo académico septiembre 2012 – febrero 2013

Abstract

This research was raised with the main objective of evaluating the acquisition of clinical skills in bandages and construction in students of the Degree of Medicine of the Technical University of Loja by applying the Objective Clinical Assessment Structured (OSCE). The applied study is descriptive, comparative and quantitative design was applied to two samples of non-probabilistic convenience between students who received skills through simulation and the other group who received teaching by the traditional method during the academic period September type 2012 - February 2013. the results of the population group under traditional teaching was 97.4% and 2.6% poor enough; reproving in full Objective structured Clinical Evaluation ECOE, while 89.4% of students attending 1st cycle simulation workshops in bandages and detentions approved and only 10.6% flunked, concluding and demonstrate a greater degree of learning clinical skills by simulating in contrast to traditional teaching.