Curricular strategy of Natural and Traditional Medicine in the Comprehensive Dentistry Discipline

Introduction: Natural and Traditional Medicine constitutes a necessary formative area according to the Professional Framework of the future graduate students in Dentistry.  It is defined as a curricular strategy in the current curriculum according to “D” plan, in which the main integrative discipline, Comprehensive Dentistry, is the focal point in the student´s formation.Objective: To describe the curricular strategy of Natural and Traditional Medicine in the Comprehensive Dentistry Discipline.Material and Methods: A descriptive research, with document analysis was carried out. The documents reviewed were: the curriculum in Dentistry; curricular strategies with an emphasis on Natural and Traditional Medicine; the disciplines of Dentistry, in greater detail of Comprehensive Dentistry, and their subjects. Results: The contents on NTM were included in the dental curriculum according to “C” plan. The current “D” plan maintains and improves them, when establishing the NTM as one of the curricular strategies, which presents topics that are expected to be covered in 16 of the 20 subjects of Comprehensive Dentistry as the main discipline. A lack of coincidence among the documents related to the implementation of the strategy was observed.Conclusions: The curricular strategy of NTM in the Comprehensive Dentistry Discipline establishes contents to develop in a high number of subjects of Comprehensive Dentistry as the main discipline, with an integration of conventional dental practices, although a lack of coincidence was perceived among the documents related to the implementation of this work.Keywords. Curricular strategy, Natural and Traditional Medicine, Comprehensive Dentistry, curriculum, curricular discipline.</div

Estrategia curricular de Medicina Natural y Tradicional en la disciplina Estomatología Integral

Introduction: Natural and Traditional Medicine constitutes a necessary formative area according to the Professional Framework of the future graduate students in Dentistry.  It is defined as a curricular strategy in the current curriculum according to “D” plan, in which the main integrative discipline, Comprehensive Dentistry, is the focal point in the student´s formation.Objective: To describe the curricular strategy of Natural and Traditional Medicine in the Comprehensive Dentistry Discipline.Material and Methods: A descriptive research, with document analysis was carried out. The documents reviewed were: the curriculum in Dentistry; curricular strategies with an emphasis on Natural and Traditional Medicine; the disciplines of Dentistry, in greater detail of Comprehensive Dentistry, and their subjects. Results: The contents on NTM were included in the dental curriculum according to “C” plan. The current “D” plan maintains and improves them, when establishing the NTM as one of the curricular strategies, which presents topics that are expected to be covered in 16 of the 20 subjects of Comprehensive Dentistry as the main discipline. A lack of coincidence among the documents related to the implementation of the strategy was observed.Conclusions: The curricular strategy of NTM in the Comprehensive Dentistry Discipline establishes contents to develop in a high number of subjects of Comprehensive Dentistry as the main discipline, with an integration of conventional dental practices, although a lack of coincidence was perceived among the documents related to the implementation of this work.Keywords. Curricular strategy, Natural and Traditional Medicine, Comprehensive Dentistry, curriculum, curricular discipline.Introducción: La Medicina Natural y Tradicional constituye un área formativa necesaria según el Modelo del Profesional del futuro egresado de la carrera de Estomatología y está definida como estrategia curricular en el actual plan de estudios D, en el cual la disciplina principal integradora Estomatología Integral, es el eje conductor en la formación del estudiante. Objetivo: Describir la estrategia curricular de Medicina Natural y Tradicional en la disciplina Estomatología Integral de la carrera de Estomatología.Material y Métodos: Se realizó una investigación descriptiva, de revisión analítica documental. Los documentos revisados fueron: planes de estudios de la carrera de Estomatología, las estrategias curriculares con énfasis en la de Medicina Natural y Tradicional, las disciplinas de la carrera con mayor profundidad en Estomatología Integral y sus asignaturas.Resultados: Los contenidos sobre MNT fueron incluidos en el programa de estudio de la carrera de Estomatología desde el plan de estudios C. El actual plan D los mantiene y enriquece, al establecer la MNT como una de las estrategias curriculares, la cual establece temas a abordar en 16 de las 20 asignaturas de la disciplina principal Estomatología Integral. Se observó falta de coincidencia entre los documentos vinculados para la ejecución de la estrategia.Conclusiones: La estrategia curricular de MNT de la carrera de Estomatología, establece contenidos a desarrollar en un número elevado de asignaturas de la disciplina principal Estomatología Integral, con carácter integrador con las prácticas estomatológicas convencionales, aunque se percibió falta de coincidencia entre los documentos vinculados para la ejecución de este trabajo.Palabras claves: Estrategia curricular, medicina natural y tradicional, estomatología integral, plan de estudios, disciplina curricular