Knowledge on the parasitic intestinal diseases in medical and laboratory personnel from Ciego de Avila. An intervention results.
Abstract
In the General and Provincial Academic Hospital “Capitán Roberto Rodríguez Fernández”, from Morón, Ciego de Ávila province, Cuba, a quasi-experimental study without control group was carried out among medical doctors and technicians with the objective to evaluate the impact of an educative intervention in parasitic intestinal diseases. With this aim a provincial course about “Updating on parasitic intestinal diseases” was carried out during one week; the course had lecture´s sections every morning for all participants and practical sections every afternoon only for laboratory personnel. So much at the beginning as at the end of the course, writing and practical evaluations was applied for laboratory personnel, and other writing evaluations for physicians. Various diagnostic errors were found in the practical identification, but leukocytes had the highest percentage of errors. In the rest of writing evaluations important cognitive deficiencies were found. Finally, a significant improve in all score evaluations was reached showing the efficacy of this intervention. However, we consider that these actions should be carry out systematically and with sustainability in order to obtain a continuous improve of knowledge and practices related to the diagnosis and treatment of parasitic intestinal diseases in the public health network.Downloads
Author Biographies
Niurys Martín Pérez
Fidel Angel Núñez
Daisy Amores Sánchez
Raúl A. Cordoví Prado
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