1 Catholic University of Cuenca, Faculty of Nursing, Ecuador.
2 Emergency and Public Assistance Hospital; Santiago de Chile, Chile.
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World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 24(02), 355-361
Received 18 September 2024; revised on 31 October 2024; accepted on 02 November 2024
Introduction: The social restrictions that countries imposed to contain COVID-19 generated challenges in all areas of human development, including higher education. University institutions had to adapt abruptly to the new pedagogical demands, resorting obligatorily to the use of the virtual modality in all their academic offerings.
Objective: To evaluate the impact of the virtual modality in the academic and professional training of students of Medical Sciences, in order to identify its advantages, disadvantages and potentialities in the current educational context. Methodology: A systematic review was carried out to analyze virtual health education, using databases such as REDALYC, SCOPUS, DIALNET and SCIELO. Relevant articles were identified and grouped, excluding those that did not focus on virtual education related to health careers. Several search terms were analyzed and multiple articles were obtained in each database.
Results: Although there is uncertainty in the formative quality of students of health careers due to the eminently practical condition of the knowledge imparted, it is evident that telematic education has overcome acceptably the obstacles posed from the dogmatic criterion, so it should be recognized for its support to the continuity of teaching and learning processes.
Conclusions: The university community is obliged to encourage the development of the virtual modality and its application for the benefit of strengthening the professions related to health.
Medical education; Online teaching; Virtual modality; Inverted classroom; Educational technologies in health
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Marco Antonio Sigüenza Pacheco, Janeth Esperanza Toalongo Salto, Mariana Alexandra Martínez Ortiz, Jenniffer Nataly Quito Peralta and Johnny Esteban Arias Parra. The virtual modality and its impact on the training of medical sciences students. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 24(2), 355-361. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.24.2.3311