%0 Journal Article %T Caracterizaci車n de la formaci車n salubrista en docentes del Prem谷dico de la Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina Characterization of the public health formation of the undergraduate education professors in the Latin American School of Medicine %A B芍rbara Vald谷s Reyes %A Carmen Santos Hern芍ndez %A Mar赤a Esther 芍lvarez Lauzarique %J Revista Cubana de Salud P迆blica %D 2013 %I Centro Nacional de Informaci車n de Ciencias M谷dicas %X Objetivo: caracterizar el nivel de los conocimientos, habilidades y valores salubristas en docentes del Prem谷dico de la Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina. M谷todos: estudio observacional, descriptivo y transversal en la Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina, curso 2010-2011. La variable "Formaci車n salubrista de los docentes de Prem谷dico" se represent車 a partir de las dimensiones: conocimientos, habilidades y valores salubristas. La informaci車n para la caracterizaci車n y evaluaci車n de los conocimientos salubristas de los docentes, se obtuvo mediante instrumentos elaborados por las autoras y validados por criterios de experto en comprensi車n y contenido. Se utiliz車 triangulaci車n de la informaci車n procedente de revisi車n documental, observaci車n directa y no participante para el control a clases y otras actividades metodol車gicas, que permiti車 caracterizar el estado de la formaci車n salubrista de los docentes. Resultados: el conocimiento salubrista fue evaluado de regular, las habilidades, de insuficiente y los valores, de excelente. La categor赤a docente, la superaci車n y el enfoque salubrista del plan de estudio, resultaron insuficientes. Conclusiones: los limitados conocimientos y habilidades salubristas en el plan de estudio del curso Prem谷dico y en los docentes, justifica replantearse estrategias para el perfeccionamiento en esta fase del proceso docente del futuro m谷dico. Objective: To characterize the level of knowledge, skills and values referred to the public health in the undergraduate education professors in the Latin American School of Medicine. Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in the Latin American School of Medicine in the 2010-2011 academic year. The variable "formation in public health of the undergraduate education professors" was represented by dimensions such as knowledge, skills and values in public health. Through instruments devised by the authors and validated by the expert's criteria in terms of comprehension and contents, the information for the characterization and the evaluation of the public health knowledge of the professors was obtained. Results: The public health knowledge was considered as regular, the public health skills were poor but the public health values were regarded as excellent in the teaching staff. The teaching category, the upgrading of knowledge in the public health topics and the public health approach of the curricula were also poor. Conclusions: The lack of appropriate knowledge and skills in public health observed in the undergraduate curricula and in the educators sup %K salud p迆blica %K educaci車n sanitaria %K educaci車n prem谷dica %K educaci車n continuada %K public health %K health education %K undergraduate education %K continuous medical education %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0864-34662013000200016