Objective: To determine and interpret the perception of the graduates about the teaching-learning process in a School of Private Nursing. Materials and methods: The research approach is mixed. The design is concurrent according to the time of the methods and quant / which according to the priority. The sample consisted of 120 graduates in the quantitative phase, of which 8 were selected for the qualitative phase. The instrument used in the quantitative phase was a Likert scale of 30 items, validated by expert judgment. For the qualitative phase, a semi-structured interview was used, which allowed grouping the responses into categories. Results: 57% of graduates perceive the teaching - learning process as good, followed by 26% as regular. As for the 4 dimensions, most perceive it as good. In the curricular plan dimension the graduates expressed disagreement regarding the curricular plan, ...

Objetivo: Determinar e interpretar la percepción de los egresados sobre el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje en una Escuela de Enfermería Privada. Materiales y Métodos: El enfoque de la investigación es mixto. El diseño es concurrente según el tiempo de los métodos y Cuantitativo/cualitativo según la prioridad. La muestra estuvo conformada por 120 egresados en la fase cuantitativa, de los cuales 8 fueron seleccionados para la fase cualitativa. El instrumento utilizado en la fase cuantitativa fue una escala de Likert de 30 ítems, validada por juicio de expertos y prueba piloto. Para la fase cualitativa se utilizó una entrevista semiestructurada, la cual permitió agrupar las respuestas en categorías. Resultados: El 57% de egresados percibe como bueno el proceso de enseñanza – aprendizaje, seguido de un 26% como regular. En cuanto a las 4 dimensiones, la mayoría percibe como...

Mr. Editor, Learning styles are conceptualized as cognitive and emotional characteristics linked to biological peculiarities of students who are constantly data apprehension1. Currently there are tools to determine learning styles in the student population, such as the Honey-Alonso questionnaire on Learning Styles (CHAEA) that defines criteria that identify learning styles2. Thus, learning styles are defined • Active: They look for something novel both in experiences and challenges. • Reflective: They prefer to take some time analyzing from different points of view before to conclude an affirmation, they are prudent. • Theoretical: They seek the highest degree of effectiveness and efficiency. They integrate theories according to the facts based on reasoning and objective judgments. • Pragmatic: They strive to relate an affirmation with its application in reality, its conclusions ...

Objectives: To understand the socio-subjective appreciation of patients regarding the family impact during their tuberculosis treatment in a primary care facility. Materials and methods: The population was made up of 12 people who are undergoing antituberculous treatment in a first-level care facility in northern Lima. The technique used was focus group and the instrument used was a semi-structured interview based on the objectives and research categories. Results: 10 heads of household were interviewed, average age 37.5 years, most of them men. The family typology was mostly extensive and nuclear. In the economic risk category, they expressed that the disease generated abandonment of their work and in other episodes of discrimination. In the biological risk category, they perceive the risk of contagion in the family environment as high, showing fear of contagion from their relatives, wi...

Introduction: Information and communication technology (ICT) has influence in education as it is an access tool to wealth of information. Though use in the teaching-learning process in educational institutions has not been significant. Objective: To determine attitude of students and teachers to use of ICT. Design: Non-experimental cross-sectional, correlational, quantitative study. Setting: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Participants: Students and teachers. Interventions: Likert scale was implemented. Analysis of descriptive statistics, frequency distributions and central tendency measures were used. Results: Teachers attitude towards ICT was more favourable (86%) compared to students’ (76%). Conclusions: Teachers attitude to ICT was more favourable than students’. It is expected that this study will contribute to ...

Introduction. Ethics deals with moral, and therefore is used to describe people’s actions exercised in full freedom as good or bad, that is to say linked to what should or should not be done. Objective. To determine attitude to medical ethics of undergraduate students and teachers of San Marcos Department of Pediatrics. Design. Non-experimental, cross-sectional, correlational descriptive quantitative study. Setting. Department of Pediatrics, San Fernando School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima. Peru. Participants. Students and teachers of the Pediatrics Department. Interventions. The instrument applied was a Likert type attitude scale constructed by the authors. Main outcome measures. Attitude to medical ethics. Results. Teachers’ attitude towards ethics was more favorable (82%) than that of the students (48%). However, only 36% of teachers and 9% of studen...