Information management in the training of students in the medicine career

Abstract

The vertiginous development of computer technologies, the volumes of information available and the current modalities of remote training constitute perspectives of knowledge exchanges for the academic community. Therefore, a problem to be solved in current curricula in Higher Medical Education is the development of skills and competencies in information management, knowledge and information literacy with a systemic, dynamic and participatory nature for all methodological levels involved. in the teaching-learning process and respond to the comprehensive development of the student at this educational level. This paper focuses the study on information management skills in medical students, based on the growing need to adjust the training process to the development of self-management of knowledge. The procedures implemented in the pedagogical practice of the Health Research Methodology discipline for the solution of information problems are shown and that must take into account the use of information and communication technologies, extending these to the other disciplines of the curriculum since have shown to contribute to developing skills, abilities, ethical and responsible attitude in the use of information. The Systematization of the theory method was used and as logical procedures of thought, analysis and synthesis. The works consulted demonstrate the need to address the issue in the context of medical education to promote a harmonious relationship between students, technologies and digital ecosystems where they seek information.