Vocational Counseling and Training for Medical Degrees

Deciding on a university degree is undoubtedly a difficult choice. This situation brings about fear of failing and disappointing yourself and others, which is a common feeling among high school students, becoming a source of anxiety and stress. This demonstrates the need for an appropriate vocational and professional guidance. In Cuba, this subject is gaining importance, since a greater number of youngsters have the opportunity to choose from more professions; thus, deciding on one or the other is a problem of great practical and social impact. Vocational guidance and training in the Cuban educational context aims to reaffirm the inclination of youth towards medical studies, where they fully develop their potential, on the basis of consolidating values and feelings, and a high social, moral and unconditional commitment to the practice of the profession. This paper presents various issues that currently affect vocational guidance and the role of each of the major participants in the process itself

Modelling human choices: MADeM and decision‑making

Research supported by FAPESP 2015/50122-0 and DFG-GRTK 1740/2. RP and AR are also part of the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics FAPESP grant (2013/07699-0). RP is supported by a FAPESP scholarship (2013/25667-8). ACR is partially supported by a CNPq fellowship (grant 306251/2014-0)

Orientación y formación vocacional hacia la carrera de Medicina

Decidir por cuál carrera universitaria optar es, sin dudas, una elección difícil. Esta situación genera miedo al fracaso, a la decepción propia y ajena, sentimiento muchas veces habitual en el joven preuniversitario, que se convierte en fuente de ansiedad y estrés. Esto demuestra la necesidad de una adecuada orientación vocacional y profesional. En Cuba esta temática va tomando gran importancia, ya que un mayor número de jóvenes tienen la posibilidad de optar por mayor cantidad de profesiones, por lo que la decisión sobre una u otra constituye un problema de gran repercusión práctica y social. La orientación y formación vocacional en el contexto educativo cubano tiene como fin reafirmar la inclinación de los jóvenes interesados hacia la carrera de Medicina, donde se desarrollen íntegramente sus potencialidades, sobre la consolidación de los valores y sentimientos y con un elevado compromiso social, moral e incondicional hacia el ejercicio de la profesión. En este trabajo se abordan los diferentes aspectos que influyen actualmente en la orientación vocacional y el papel de cada uno de los protagonistas del proceso en sí

Precision measurement of the structure of the CMS inner tracking system using nuclear interactions

The structure of the CMS inner tracking system has been studied using nuclear interactions of hadrons striking its material. Data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded in 2015 at the LHC are used to reconstruct millions of secondary vertices from these nuclear interactions. Precise positions of the beam pipe and the inner tracking system elements, such as the pixel detector support tube, and barrel pixel detector inner shield and support rails, are determined using these vertices. These measurements are important for detector simulations, detector upgrades, and to identify any changes in the positions of inactive elements

Precision measurement of the structure of the CMS inner tracking system using nuclear interactions

The structure of the CMS inner tracking system has been studied using nuclear interactions of hadrons striking its material. Data from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV recorded in 2015 at the LHC are used to reconstruct millions of secondary vertices from these nuclear interactions. Precise positions of the beam pipe and the inner tracking system elements, such as the pixel detector support tube, and barrel pixel detector inner shield and support rails, are determined using these vertices. These measurements are important for detector simulations, detector upgrades, and to identify any changes in the positions of inactive elements