The paper presents actions taken to modify the theoretical characteristics of the course of Medicine of Companion Animals, a mandatory course of the Veterinary Medi- cine and Animal Husbandry career at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. A practical-theoretical course was organized in pursuit of improving basic knowledge, skills and abilities in the veterinary field, and also for improving cognitive and emotional skills of students through innovative educational methodologies and technologies. These included resolution of clinical cases, critical thinking and creativity, revision, interpretation and analysis of scientific information, contextualized activities in actual practice, support of social activities and technology transfer of scientific information, all within a framework of university education by competences. The assessment of cognitive and emotional abilities wa...

A comparative study of the improvements in cognitive and emotional skills is presented between an outcome-based curriculum, with innovation of active methodologies (2012-II), and a competency-based curriculum (2018-I), aiming to develop generic and specific competences by improving these skills. The evaluation of cognitive and emotional skills was done by adapting the Reuven’s Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory Survey (EQ-i). The survey was conducted twice in each semester. The results were compared to determine if there were improvements between the first and second surveys in each semester and between both curricula. Also, the results of academic indicators were compared. The number of students enrolled was 30 (2012-II) and 27 (2018-I) and the respondent rate exceeded 70%. The result referred to the improvement of cognitive skills, problem solving, showed an almost double improvemen...

The paper presents actions taken to modify the theoretical characteristics of the course of Medicine of Companion Animals, a mandatory course of the Veterinary Medi- cine and Animal Husbandry career at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. A practical-theoretical course was organized in pursuit of improving basic knowledge, skills and abilities in the veterinary field, and also for improving cognitive and emotional skills of students through innovative educational methodologies and technologies. These included resolution of clinical cases, critical thinking and creativity, revision, interpretation and analysis of scientific information, contextualized activities in actual practice, support of social activities and technology transfer of scientific information, all within a framework of university education by competences. The assessment of cognitive and emotional abilities wa...

A comparative study of the improvements in cognitive and emotional skills is presented between an outcome-based curriculum, with innovation of active methodologies (2012-II), and a competency-based curriculum (2018-I), aiming to develop generic and specific competences by improving these skills. The evaluation of cognitive and emotional skills was done by adapting the Reuven’s Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory Survey (EQ-i). The survey was conducted twice in each semester. The results were compared to determine if there were improvements between the first and second surveys in each semester and between both curricula. Also, the results of academic indicators were compared. The number of students enrolled was 30 (2012-II) and 27 (2018-I) and the respondent rate exceeded 70%. The result referred to the improvement of cognitive skills, problem solving, showed an almost double improvemen...