Objective: To know the perception of university students of health sciences about virtual education. Material and methods: Descriptive study in 293 students of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University in Tacna, Peru, during the second semester of the year 2020. A virtual questionnaire with prior informed consent with 26 closed questions was applied. Descriptive statistics were used and data were analyzed with STATA version 16. Results: In the development of virtual classes, students use more cell frequency (65 %) and laptops (62.4 %), with wireless internet (59.3 %). 87.7 % felt that their teaching and training has been affected and is insufficient, due to the lack of adaptation of the teacher to this modality and the lack of audiovisual resources for clinical practice (73.4 %); consider it very important that the practical classes are face-to face...

El síndrome del túnel carpiano es una lesión compresiva del nervio mediano, multicausal. Es una  neuropatía periférica con manifestaciones sensitivas, motoras y tróficas, la cual afecta al paciente desde los puntos de vista biopsicosocial. Objetivo: Actualización de los conocimientos relacionados con el síndrome del túnel carpiano. Material y métodos: Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica de 120 autores nacionales e internacionales, y se extrajo una síntesis para facilitar los conocimientos de forma práctica a nuestros médicos, ya que esta es una patología frecuente en las consultas y es necesario conocerla para diagnosticarla correctamente. Desarrollo: Se muestra sobre el síndrome del túnel carpiano, su reseña histórica, recuento anatómico y fisiológico, su fisiopatología, cuadro clínico y estudios complementarios para con...

Objective: Updating of knowledge related to the swallowing process and its disorders, and to encourage reflection among health professionals. Material and methods: A bibliographic review of 60 international authors, from which 27 works were selected on the swallowing process and its disorders, in order to update and group up-to-date knowledge on anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, clinical picture, semiotechnics and techniques study. Development: An anatomical and physiological count, pathophysiology, clinical picture and main investigations that are carried out for the diagnosis of swallowing disorders are shown. Conclusion: The health professional will be able to delve into basic clinical aspects related to the swallowing process and expand their knowledge about disorders related to this process, in this way they will be able to recognize dysphagia in patients as a symptom and make a...