Feedback in the evaluation of teaching activities and its influence on the research

In times of COVID-19, the evaluation of teaching activities has been one of the pedagogical practices that have represented the greatest challenge for all those involved in carrying out academic actions. This article reflects on how the implementation of effective feedback during the evaluation process of teaching activities could influence the quality of the research. It is concluded that feedback is essential in this process, because it allows students to understand and integrate quality criteria into their behavior, which can be transferred to the context of other activities, such as research, with very positive influences on the results of the research.</p

Estimation of Global Cardiovascular Risk in Hypertensive Patients from the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos

Background: despite the importance of calculating global cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients and the benefits of its implementation in Primary Health Care, studies on its estimation are insufficient at the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos. Objective: to determine the global cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients at the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos in the year 2021. Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational study was carried out. The sample consisted of 105 hypertensive patients between 40-80 years of age from the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos in 2021. The variables studied were: age, gender, total cholesterol, smoking, systolic blood pressure, diagnosed diabetes mellitus, and global cardiovascular risk. The absolute and relative frequency of the variables were calculated and Pearson's Chi square was applied in the association of the variables and low cardiovascular risk with a significance level of p=0.05. The results were presented in tables. Results: the female gender, the age group of 50-69 years, non-diabetics and non-smokers, with normal cholesterol and prehypertensive predominated. 93.3 % presented low overall cardiovascular risk and 6.7 % moderate to critical. Non-diabetic patients with normal systolic blood pressure presented a significant association with low cardiovascular risk. Conclusions: hypertensive patients at the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos have a low overall cardiovascular risk, a correlation was shown between low cardiovascular risk and normal systolic blood pressure and a history of non-diabetes, which would determine protection against cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in the futur

Vacíos en la estructuración del trabajo independiente en algunas asignaturas de la disciplina Bases Biológicas de la Medicina y acciones para su mejora

La manera en que se concibe, ejecuta y controla la actividad de estudio resulta determinante en el alcance de los objetivos educacionales, especialmente en disciplinas integradas. En este artículo, sus autores reflexionan acerca de los vacíos que obstaculizan la estructuración del trabajo independiente, en las asignaturas de la disciplina Bases Biológicas de la Medicina que más posibilitan la integración y sugieren un grupo de acciones a tener en cuenta para su mejora. Existen ¨vacíos de comprensión¨, que afectan la perspectiva de conjunto y la lógica común integradora necesaria para el establecimiento de los nexos internos entre los contenidos y conseguir una adecuada estructuración de ese trabajo independiente, que puede mejorarse si se tienen en cuenta el enfoque sistémico del sistema de habilidades y la delimitación de los conocimientos que permiten el establecimiento de los nexos internos en cada tema, entre otras acciones

Asociación de algunas variables antropométricas y hemodinámicas con la glucemia

Fundamentación: diversas fuentes aseveran que existen diferencias en algunas variables antropométricas y hemodinámicas entre individuos con glucemia normal, riesgo y patológica, por lo cual se hace necesario mostrar nuevas evidencias. Objetivo: determinar la relación entre variables antropométricas y hemodinámicas con las cifras de glucemia en individuos del municipio Cienfuegos en el 2010. Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal correlacional. La muestra estuvo conformada por 925 individuos. Las variables analizadas fueron: edad, sexo, color de la piel, cintura abdominal, índice de masa corporal, presión arterial sistólica, diastólica y media, índice de reactividad cardiovascular y glucemia. Se aplicaron pruebas estadísticas no paramétricas para evaluar la correlación entre la glucemia en ayunas y las variables de estudio, con una significación del 99 %. Los resultados se presentan en tablas y gráficos. Resultados: hubo predominio del color de piel blanca y el sexo femenino y los individuos entre 35-44 años representaron el mayor porcentaje de la muestra. Los pacientes con glucemia de riesgo y diabéticos presentaron un incremento de las variables de estudio por encima de lo normal. Conclusiones: existe una correlación positiva entre la concentración de glucosa y las variables de estudio analizadas, lo que explica los desbalances antropométricos y hemodinámicos en pacientes con glicemia riesgo y patológica

Association of Cardiovascular Hyperreactivity and Obesity between Sedentary and Active Individuals

Background: there are several studies that show a relationship between cardiovascular hyperreactivity and some cardiovascular risk factors, but it is necessary to continue showing this relationship. Objective: to determine the association of cardiovascular hyperreactivity and obesity between sedentary and active individuals in Cienfuegos. Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational study was carried out in a universe of 80 individuals between 18 and 30 years of age in the Cienfuegos municipality, during 2020. The variables analyzed were: age, sex, skin color, level of sedentary lifestyle, pressure baseline blood pressure with the sustained weight test, body mass index and abdominal waist. Pearson's Chi Square was used to describe the association of the study variables between sedentary and active individuals, as well as the T test for the comparison of means. Significance level p˂0.05. The results were expressed in charts. Results: ages 18-24 years old and white skin color predominated. 76.3 % have a sedentary lifestyle over assets. 65.6 % of the sedentary were female. In the anthropometric tests, more than 30 % were overweight-obese and 20 % had altered abdominal waist, for both the condition of being sedentary coexisted. The sedentary subjects presented mean values of the hemodynamic variables higher than the active subjects. 73.8 % of the sedentary subjects were cardiovascular hyperreactive, as opposed to the normoreactive cardiovascular state that was present in 94.7 % of the active subjects. Conclusions: the condition of sedentary lifestyle increases the values of the hemodynamic and anthropometric variables studied