Development of the competence in oral cancer early diagnosis during pre-professional training in Dentistry

Autor: Lisbeli Cantillo Acosta, Nuria Pérez Delgado, Isolina Vergara Vega, Nilvia Corral Verdecia
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Medisan, Vol 27, Iss 3, Pp e4439-e4439 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1029-3019
Popis: Introduction: The increasing appearance of advanced oral cancer reveals the need of graduating professionals, prepared to contribute to its prevention and early diagnosis. Objective: To evaluate a system of teaching tasks for the development of competence in oral cancer early diagnosis. Methods: A pre-experiment was carried out with 32 students and 10 professors, who were involved in the teaching-learning process of the subject Comprehensive Dental Care for the Population of Dentistry degree in the University of Medical Sciences from Guantánamo, in the 2022-2023 academic year. For this purpose, the development of competence in oral cancer early diagnosis was determined as the variable, with its dimensions and indicators, and the significance of a system of teaching tasks for this objective was verified through the Wilcoxon test. Results: According to the Wilcoxon ranks, the teaching task system was reliable in contributing to the development of the competence under study (p
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