Objetivo. Sintetizar la bibliografía sobre la asociación entre Polifarmacia (≥ cinco fármacos) y Eventos Adversos en el Adulto Mayor (≥ 65 años) desde 2017 – 2021. Métodos. Revisión sistemática de estudios observacionales descriptivos (transversales) y analíticos (transversales analíticos, casos-controles y cohorte), según PRISMA. Se utilizó el programa MENDELEY. Se buscó la información en nueve bases de datos electrónicos. Se empleó herramientas estandarizada para la extracción de datos, la JBI Data Extraction Form for Prevalence and Incidence Studies y las instrucciones del JBI Systematic Reviews of etiology and risk. Se evaluó el sesgo mediante el JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Studies Reporting Prevalence Data, JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Analytical Cross Sectional Studies y Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Se realizó una síntesis narrativa. Resultados....

Background Active Learning using smartphone technology can be implemented as a tool for teaching medical students (MS) and residents (Rs). The use of technology would increase participation and enhance student learning by engaging them in solving ID clinical case scenarios. Our objective was to describe the methods used and to share the opinions of the users of such active learning methods. Methods The smartphone applications used were Socrative and WhatsApp. We used Socrative during the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) ID course for MS in two different ways. In selected lectures (4 of 32), teacher paced questions were asked based on clinical scenarios related to the topic reviewed, and by voluntary homework questionnaires (student paced). At the British American Hospital (BAH) Medicine Department (MS and Rs) Socrative was used similarly: during some noon lectures (teacher...