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The present article explores the evolution of the models used in the medical field, from the biomedical model to the model offered by the framework of 4E Cognition. Additionally, the diagnosis and treatment of illness through the biomedical focus is critiqued due to its reductionist view of the complexity of the health-illness continuum and the human experience. The 4E Cognition model is proposed as a possibility for the practical application of the biopsychosocial model - be it that one of the principle critiques of this model is the difficulty of applicability - given so that the development of concrete interventions from an integrative perspective in the medical sciences are permitted. This article explores the application of the 4E Cognition model in the field of psychiatry and psychology, highlighting the potential role of Mobile Brain-Body Imaging (MoBI) technology for the diagnosis and treatment of diverse neuropsychiatric diagnoses from an integrative perspective that considers physiological, social, psychological, environmental, and structural elements. Finally, possible future directions in terms of research and the applicability of the development of interventions and treatments that are implementing these technologies are explored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a study about user intention for the acceptance of digital libraries in Puerto Rico. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology was selected as a research model. This theory establishes that the intention of use is determined by four factors: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions. This research was conducted in the Conrado F. Asenjo Library of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico. The quantitative approach was applied. The method chosen for data collection was the survey. The research subjects were students from the following programs: Nursing, Pharmacy, Medicine, Dental Medicine, Health Professions and Public Health. The study found that three of the main constructs (performance expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions) of the theory have a direct, positive and significant effect on user intention in digital library users. The results show that the effect of effort expectancy on the intention was negative and not significant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this work is to reflect on the convergence between the moderncolonial and the ancestral-indigenist within medicine, the social division of labor and gender violence in Cuetzalan del Progreso (Puebla, Mexico) and its communities from the perspective Latin American Marxism and community and rural feminisms. Methodologically, it is qualitative research that uses the Grounded Theory approach to analyze the case study, through participant observation, documentary review and in-depth semi-structured interviews with members of the Tosepan Pajti Health Cooperative. The results of the study contribute to understanding some aspects of the variegated social formation (heterogeneous, dynamic and contradictory) of that territory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim is to relieve the debate between doctors and spiritualists during the first Peronist government (1946-1955), with the creation of the Instituto de Psicopatología Aplicada [Institute of Applied Psychopathology] (IPA), which firmly adhered to the idea that social eugenics fulfilled a health role among those who cultivated mediumistic practices. The IPA was an entity led by doctor Ramón Carrillo, an Argentinean sanitarist, made up of doctors interested in the scientific study of mediums, who released to the neurologist Orlando Canavesio, who coined the socalled "deviations" of Spiritualism practices. This purpose was a marker between the goverment and medical science around the problem of mediumistic practices, which pointed particularly towards the activity of the Kardecist societies grouped under the Argentine Spiritualist Confederation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The eponymous Broca's area is a human cerebral cortical region that controls the expression of oral language, and which is not always located in the inferior frontal gyrus of the frontal lobe in the left hemisphere. In a study of 25 articles published in 2022, and 25 teaching books on neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuroscience or associated areas, it was found that the term Broca's area was established and quantified. In books there was a 96 % eponymous inclusion of this cerebral cortical area and in journal articles there was 100 % of the same eponym. Furthermore, no other eponyms were found in any of the books and articles. Although over time, eponyms have been used in medical sciences to identify anatomical structures, as in the designation of the area in the brain that controls oral language, this term does not provide any descriptive or functional information. The result is contradictory to current morphological thought and also leads to confusion, erroneously suggesting that the initial discovery was made by Broca, when in fact Marc Dax was the first to discover this area some 30 years earlier. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of the research was to compile the historical data of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Camagüey Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz. A longitudinal and retrospective descriptive study was carried out in the period between January 2019 and December 2022 at the Faculty of Applied Sciences. Theoretical methods such as the analytical-synthetic, the inductive-deductive and the historical and logical were used for the theoretical referents of the subject. From the empirical methods, documentary sources and eyewitness testimonies were used. It is concluded that it is evident that during these years’ teachers in the department in postgraduate training, research and the university extension have obtained important results in the training of professionals in the different careers in which the disciplines of Chemistry are taught, as well as meritorious achievements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: in the history of Public Health in Villa Clara, several doctors who dedicated themselves to General Surgery at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century stand out; With their effort, they introduced the modern advances that were already being achieved in the world in this specialty, paving the way for its application in practice, transforming the specialty and giving way to what has been called the stage of modern surgery. Objective: to highlight the main figures of General Surgery who in different Villa Clara institutions introduced the modern advances of the specialty. Method: a historical documentary research was carried out in which some aspects of important figures in this field were addressed; the most outstanding specialists were identified in each institution. Conclusions: the development of Medical Sciences in the territory determined the emergence of outstanding professionals in Surgery and the Municipalities of Remedios, Sagua la Grande and Santa Clara were the pioneers of modern Surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work the author exposes the study variables and her dimensions that you/he/she will use for the personnel's of Infirmary superación on support levels to the woman of medium age, this study variable you/he/she belongs to the work from applicant's thesis to Doctor's grade in Biomedical Sciences. The objective of this work is to design a proposal of permanent superación to the personnel of Infirmary in the Primary Attention of Health, looking for support levels for the woman of medium age. Among the dimensions of the variable they are; the character systemic, Component cognitivo, Component Professional, and Component actitudinal. The methods to use will be of the theoretical level, of empiric inquiry, Test of knowledge, statistical Methods, as a result of the investigation are expected from a systematizing of the theoretical foundations that you/they support the improvement and the infirmary personnel's preparation in support levels to the woman of medium age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The fingerprints left by participating in a highly digitized and hyper-connected world accompany individuals throughout their lives and are constitutive elements of their digital identity. This descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional case study based on the quantitative paradigm aims to describe the physical self in digital media, according to gender under its binary conceptualization of man and woman, in order to identify stereotypical gender behaviors that should be considered in the training process in students of the Chilean Health Sciences area. From the perspective of the participants, this research considered a non-probabilistic sample of 224 university students (164 women and 60 men) who participated voluntarily. Nonparametric tests were used since the data is ordinal and one of the advantages of these tests is that they should not fit any distribution and can be applied even if the parametric validity conditions are not met. To look for differences by gender, the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon U test was applied (95 %; .05). Among the relevant results is the fact that men preferably use the internet connection available at home, women choose the one provided by their cell phone (p = .0469 and p = .0404, respectively). Likewise, the cellphone is the main technological device from which both prefer to access the network. From the sample, 79.88 % of women and 76.67 % of men state that they are, at least, 3 hours a day connected to the network. Women tend to identify themselves on digital platforms more frequently than men, using their real name and surname. Meanwhile, men tend to use nicknames more often than women. In this research it was concluded that students in the Health Sciences area are highly truthful in relation to the information they share in digital media, leaving data available that allows for a clear identification of their physical self on the internet. In addition, their main means of connection are their cellphones and the data networks that they provide through the use of their phone plans. There is a clear reflection of correspondence between their face-to-face and digital life, maintaining certain behaviors that can be attributed to gender stereotypes, but to a low degree. Finally, there is a clear need to include aspects related to digital competences in the training process that address the importance and proper management of communications in digital media, as well as the development and management of digital identity from a professional ethics perspective, since their actions on the network can involve and affect not only the construction of their own personal and professional digital identity, but also the personal lives of their patients and colleagues. It is important to note that these conclusions have some limitations, since this research is a cross-sectional study, and the sample was intentional per volunteer subject and not random. This implies that the results obtained are limited to the sample studied and describe its behavior at a given time. However, according to the purpose of the study, this type of sample manages to build a theoretical body that describes the common elements and the differences inherent in a collective case study, so it can be considered a good approximation to the Chilean reality. From a practical point of view, the conclusions of this research provide higher education institutions with evidence that allows progress towards a comprehensive, solid, and coherent training regarding the digital skills required by a university professional graduating in a highly digitized world. Considering the above, it would be advisable to advance in future studies that consider knowing what digital protection measures are incorporated in the training of university students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. UNESCO defines bioethics as the systematic, pluralist, and interdisciplinary study to resolve the ethical problems posed by medicine, social sciences, and life, understanding matters related to scientific progress applied to human beings and their relationship with the biosphere. In 2016, UNESCO, aided by an international committee of experts, presented "The Bioethics Core Curriculum", aimed at strengthening its teaching in universities environment. The main objective of this manuscript was to identify the conceptual references and multilateral efforts for the inclusion of bioethics in curricula, indicating their relevance for continuous improvement, strengthening of teaching, and research in biomedical sciences. Topics of reflection. Current conceptual references, multilateral efforts in bioethics teaching, national research ethics, bioethics, and scientific integrity policy. Conclusions. Bioethics, as a survival science, is a fundamental pillar for the practice of biomedical sciences. The need to educate and adequately prepare future professionals, opinion leaders, academics, researchers, politicians, and decision makers in aspects of bioethics is obvious, in order to improve and strengthen the formulation of bioethical references in biomedical practice and research in healthcare sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

E-learning (electronic learning) is the process of teaching, learning and evaluation, through the internet and technology, that is, it is focused on learning methods, the expansion and connection of information, which in the use of a computer as an artifact in the learning process. The purpose of this review was to identify studies that explore e-learning technologies and their impact on the teaching and assessment process of Human Anatomy, and to assess the quality of published research. A systematic review of the literature was carried out in the databases Pudmed (Medline), Ovid (Cochrane Central), Ovid (Medline), Scopus, Web of science (clarivate) and Science Direct, including the keywords: Examination, Teaching, COVID-19 medical education, COVID-19, Medical student exams, Anatomy, Students, Medical. Research quality was assessed using the Medical Education Research Study Quality (MERSQI) instrument. In total, 202 research articles were found, and when applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 24 articles were identified; After reading the articles, four investigations were chosen that met the synthesis criteria in this review. In general, the results showed a favorable impact of elearning technologies since it facilitated access, flexibility and learning pace for each student, it also promoted new forms of teaching and evaluation in the discipline of Human Anatomy in medical students. during the Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, medical education for basic science in human anatomy indicates a transition from blended face-to-face and virtual learning to a blended learning model (b-learning). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This text tries to show how the Colombian medical language of the late 19th and early 20th centuries makes the body an object of discourse under the rigors of deforming disease or monstrous conformation linked to a specific field of knowledge: clinical semiology that captures the bodily rhizomatic experience of the pathological. A series of cases and reflections on tumor pathologies allow us to take a glimpse into the way in which clinical semiology involves a field of discursive operations between a plane of expression and a plane of content with the aim of making intelligible, within what can be conceived between the normal and the pathological, the body that displays the face of the deformed and the monstrous, not only before the eyes of the human being, but of a whole society disturbed by the uninformed, the disordered, the Other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Se presenta un editorial que discute sobre el impacto y evaluación amplia de las revistas científicas de Colombia. El articulo también se centra en la información bibliográfica disponible en documentos científicos y académicos,Indicadores bibliométricos de las revistas nacionales y internacionales y la indexación de revistas colombianas de ciencias médicas y de la salud.

This paper addresses the close relationship between the social sciences and the health sciences. From a general point of view, both disciplines seem to have followed a parallel path and without points of intersection; However, the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the close relationship that science has to explain and confront the complex and multidimensional reality that is, at the same time, eco-biopsychosocial. This reality requires having researchers, professionals and theorists who see the need to interpret the world within complexity, from multidisciplinary approaches, which makes it possible to verify the particularities of each community. Therefore, an effort is necessary to reinterpret the training of health and social science professionals, carrying out joint work, leading to success in working with the communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article has the purpose of analyzing the reception of Freudian theory in Argentina during the early 20th century through the book Histeria y Sugestión by José Ingenieros. This work is developed by questioning the place of hypnotism and suggestion as sources of access to knowledge and intervention of the hysterical nosologic case. The question, which was a central issue in the field of medical science at the time, is answered from a perspective that fluctuates between quackery and a medical-scientific discourse. This variety is developed under a positivist model of thought which shaped the group of theories of a spirit dominated by evolutionism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Se presenta una introducción a la revista que discute la bioética con enfoque en la ética médica en temas relacionados con las ciencias de la salud, las ciencias biomédicas y la formación ética en los programas universitarios de psicología en Colombia.

The variation in clinical practice observed in the patterns of use or results referring to populations has been subjected to research to question the coherence between science and medical practice, as well as to establish whether or not it is justified by severity of the morbidity and the patient's preferences. The determinants of these variations can be organized into factors related to knowledge, providers and professionals, and patients and their environment. In principle, variations sensitive to demand (patients) would be justified unless there is evidence to the contrary; the burden of proof in supply-sensitive variations (suppliers and professionals) would be reversed. When the aggregate populations move to individual health care, the problem is redefined as appropriate or inappropriate clinical practice, so that by incorporating criteria of necessity, convenience or acceptability, said practice could diverge from the prevailing evidence and consensus and nonetheless still be appropriate. The axes of evidence and consensus allow us to draw three areas of clinical decision, ignorance, uncertainty, and consolidated knowledge, where innovation based on research or collective empiricism is generating transformation dynamics. The area of uncertainty is wide and distinctive of clinical practice and justifies the clinical latitude that the patient and society grant to physicians to address the complexity involved in proposing and developing the most convenient courses of action in each case. The difficulties and responsibility involved in managing this clinical slack lead to the application of good governance criteria (transparency, accountability, participation, integrity and technical capacity); but a change is also required in the contemporary worldview of the clinician, so that they accept and manage the gap between medical science and clinical practice and rediscover their ability to enjoy a rigorous but also a dynamic, creative, humane, sensible and compassionate exercise of medicine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CLIL is an educational method that offers innumerable benefits in the teaching - learning process, its objective is an integral teaching of the necessary contents for the professional and the teaching of an alternative language. In addition, it motivates and prioritizes the competitiveness of the students; being an innovative form of education To determine the benefit of the CLIL method in a flipped classroom through the application of surveys in the students of 3rd, 7th and 8th semester of the Medical Sciences Career of the Technical University of Machala in order to verify the effectiveness of the learning of a foreign language. The research has a descriptive, observational, and analytical cross-sectional study, in order to identify the benefits of the CLIL method in the flipped classroom, using two main instruments, such as students' survey and professors' evaluation. It was observed that 22.7% of the teachers of the Medical Sciences career of the Technical University of Machala make use of the CLIL method in their daily classes, because it has been shown that it helps students in the development of their different skills, such as participatory, interactive and creativity, greatly favoring individual and collective learning of students. This method within the career of Medical Sciences is beneficial for the students learning, because it provides the development of their various skills, as well as the interest in acquiring information on curricular content linking the learning of English. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Cuba is a country of men of science who have been outstanding in different branches of knowledge. Medical Sciences have had, throughout history, great personalities. Objective: to highlight the life and work of Doctor Jorge Martínez Camacho as an example of a revolutionary doctor committed to his patients' welfare. Method: a bibliographic review was carried out that included books, web pages, articles from local radio and television media, original documents of the treated personality and personal interviews. Conclusions: Dr. Jorge Martínez Camacho's medical and revolutionary career makes him an example for present and future generations of professionals in white coats. His deep love for medicine and his country, as well as his responsibility and unlimited dedication to the art of healing, make him an illustrious Urology Specialist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The so-called "Spanish flu" appeared suddenly in North America in 1918, spread throughout the world and caused around 30 million deaths. In Mexico, its outbreak caused various complications amid an already difficult panorama, since the country was in the last stage of the revolutionary movement. The measures adopted by the government and the way in which the press reported the news of the contagions and deaths caused by the disease, as well as the impact caused in society, show the progress of medical science in Mexico, the changes in social behavior in the face of a highly contagious disease, and the way in which a phenomenon of this nature is treated by the national press. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scientific production is one of the most important parameters to establish the different classifications of the universities either nationally or internationally. The aim of this study was to analyze the scientific production of the health field of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua; for this, a systematic review of the Scopus database was carried out. A total of 1472 documents of this University were identified, of which 315 were signed by at least one health researcher. The faculties that produce most are the Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the Physical Culture Sciences with 128 and 110 documents, respectively. In 67.6 % of the documents, there was national collaboration, while in 38.1 % the collaboration was national. In 43.8% the main author of the documents was a researcher of this University. It is concluded that the scientific production of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua, in general, has increased in recent years, however, it is still far from the large national producers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Human anatomy, an independent science since the beginning of humanity, has evolved historically in correspondence with techno-scientific changes. However, there are not enough definitions about their teaching on how to execute the learning process, in particular when referring to the methods, means or strategy to be used for their learning, where the use of corpses as an ideal didactic strategy for their learning. Nowadays, with technological advances, the virtual and the real, are the two terms that define, therefore, everything that is touched, welcomed and not kissed by the lips of Society-Internet. The word virtual becomes increasingly interesting, and is becoming very important in our culture, but in the culture of medical sciences, the real and the virtual would be eternally confronted, it is in this plane or scenario about the use of corpses of virtual reality and if they should replace the real corpse in the learning of anatomy. Although in its advance educational technology contributes to improve anatomical knowledge, it is unlikely that it completely replaces physical corpses in the short term because students who learn much better through the traditional method with the use of human corpses. Conclusion: in the courses of anatomy when it comes to real learning, not simulations, digital representations, even with all their additional advantages, do not work as well as having a corpse, so the use of corpses should continue to be used, and leave digital technologies with a complementary didactic tool. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the present systematic review was to describe the current situation of the Burnout Syndrome in Colombia in students and workers of the health sciences. A search was made in the databases: Medline, Scopus, Science Direct, Lilacs and magazine repositories: Scielo, Pubmed, Redylacs, BIREME. An initial filter was carried out through titles and abstracts according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subsequently, the methodological quality was evaluated and with the included studies, the overall prevalence was estimated. Finally, three studies were selected, the total population was of 5874 students and professionals of the health sciences, 96.1% (n = 5647) and 3.86% (n = 227) respectively. This review shows that in Colombia, although several studies related to Burnout Syndrome have been carried out, there is still more research with greater methodological rigor that delves into complications once the syndrome is diagnosed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Michel Foucault was born in Poitiers, France, on October 15, 1926. He was a brilliant student. He established himself academically during the 1960s, holding a number of positions in French universities, before being elected in 1969 to the prestigious Collège de France, where he taught the history of systems of thought until his death. From the 1970s onwards, Foucault was very active politically. He was one of the founders of the Groupe d’information sur les prisons and often protested on behalf of marginalized groups. He often lectured outside of France, particularly in the United States, and by 1983 he had agreed to teach annually at the University of California at Berkeley. As an early victim of AIDS, Foucault died in Paris on June 25, 1984. In addition to the works published during his lifetime, his lectures at the Collège de France, published posthumously, contain important elucidations and amplifications of his ideas. His academic training was in psychology and history, as well as in philosophy, his books were mostly stories of medical and social sciences, his passions were literary and political. Nevertheless, almost all of Foucault’s works can be read fruitfully as philosophical in one or both ways: as the realization of the traditional critical project of philosophy in a new (historical) way; and as a critical commitment to the thinking of traditional philosophers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: the Medical-Dental-Pharmaceutical Corps, founded on December 11, 1892 in Santa Clara, was one of the oldest and most enduring scientific societies in Cuba. Objective: to specify the origin and development of the Medical-Dental-Pharmaceutical Corps of Santa Clara and to demonstrate that it was one of the oldest and most enduring societies of its kind in Cuba. Methods: a historical documentary research was carried out during 2019, using theoretical methods that allowed the analysis of the study objective, based on the interaction of the historical and the logical and from the temporal and spatial dimensions, and empirical: the documentary analysis and interviews to important informants. A methodological triangulation was carried out to arrive at integrative considerations. Results: some historical antecedents of the development of Public Health in Santa Clara and the emergence of important personalities of Medical Sciences in the territory at the end of the XIX century and beginning of the XX century were addressed. These personalities allowed the creation of a scientific society that organized and supported the development of those professions in Santa Clara and exerted its influence in the province. Conclusions: the foundation of the Medical-Dental Pharmaceutical Corps of Santa Clara represented a step forward for the development of Medical Sciences in the territory and particularly in Villa Clara and was, after the Society of Clinical Studies of Havana, one of the most stable in the country in the field of Medical Sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: the perception of the arts has a positive influence on the spirituality of men and, moreover, on that of the students to whom these actions are directed in the educational and formative context in which they are carried out. Objective: to show the usefulness of literature as a means of teaching in the proper course of History of Stomatology. Methods: a descriptive educational research was carried out at the School of Dentistry with 59 first-year students from the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic years during the first semester, which is the course of the History of Dentistry. Forty-three works were reviewed and selected for teaching. The analytical-synthetic method and documentary review were used. To know the students' perception about the usefulness of the resource used, surveys were applied. The quantitative data were processed, the descriptive statistics and the relative frequencies were used. Results: 12 literary works, contents and relevant teaching organization forms were selected to design the teaching tasks to be solved by the students. 94.6% were satisfied with the experience and demonstrated its usefulness in the training process. Conclusions: literature is a useful instrument for teaching the history of the profession and contributes to humanistic training by integrating values in students of the medical sciences, which is why it should be introduced from the first year, according to the teacher's preparation and the possibilities offered by the system of contents and the organizational forms of teaching for its use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: the metabolic syndrome is a state of chronic inflammation of low degree in which a set of metabolic alterations coexist. The increased activity of the enzyme myeloperoxidase is considered a sensitive marker of neutrophil infiltration in the inflammatory process. Objective: to determine the activity of the enzyme myeloperoxidase in the serum of Wistar rats with metabolic syndrome induced by the intake of 35% sucrose. Methods: an experimental study was carried out at the Department of Biomedical Experimental Research and the Experimental Toxicology Unit of the University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara between September 2018 and May 2019. The universe was constituted by Wistar rats from 180 to 200g from the National Center for the Production of Laboratory Animals. We worked with a sample of two experimental groups of 10 male animals each, one subjected to a hyperglycemic diet that developed the metabolic syndrome and the other with healthy conventional food, all of them randomly formed, which were determined the myeloperoxidase in serum, as well as cholesterol, triglycerides and glycemia. Results: myeloperoxidase values in the metabolic syndrome induction group were significantly higher than the healthy one (2.57±0.33 vs 0.78±0.13). A moderate positive correlation of triacylglycerides and glycemia was observed with the activity of the myeloperoxidase enzyme. Cholesterol did not increase in the group with metabolic syndrome. Conclusions: myeloperoxidase activity is increased in animals with metabolic syndrome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the creation of conceptually-based terminographical resources for managing medical terminology. We present a bilingual (French and Spanish) terminological knowledge base on a large group of rare diseases, namely inborn errors of metabolism. This resource gives its users conceptually structured access to the terminology used when referring to these diseases and their signs and symptoms. After introducing the theoretical framework underpinning its design, we describe the various stages in the creation of the knowledge base itself: compilation, tagging, exploitation of the working corpus and construction of the underlying ontology. We then give an overview of the salient data and provide a guide to the functionalities of the query interface. The purpose of the resource is to describe the sub-domain in question and serve as a source of information for specialist translators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author comments on the concept of neuroesthetics and the dialogue between neurosciences, art sciences and artistic production. The concept accounts not only for the theoretical limits of its approach, but also for certain conclusions that are summarized in a certainly disturbing corollary that inverts the millenary theory of mimesis.

Diastema is a latin term of greek origin incorporated into Terminologia Anatomica under the code A05.1.03.078. Odontologically, it is an interdental space located between teeth adjacent to the dental arch, its presence being normal in the period of mixed dentition. Dictionaries of the Spanish, Greek and Latin languages, of medical and etymological terms were consulted, in search of the initial occurrences of the term Diastema and its subsequent uses in history. The search reported that Diastema has been used to indicate a distance or interval, referring to places, times and even between musical tones. In the area of medical sciences, it is a term that has indicated the separation between the fingers or the virtual space created by insufflation of the lungs, being its closest approach to morphology in the veterinary area to designate the space that separates the incisors and molars tooth, especially in rodents and ruminants. To be consistent with the current guidelines of the International Federative Program of Anatomical Terminology and the terminological agreements of the Ibero-Latin American Symposia of Anatomical, Histological and Embryological Terminology, we suggest the replacement of the Diastema period with Spatium interdentale, as an advance in accuracy and description of the structure incorporated into Terminologia Anatomica. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: complex regional pain syndrome type one (CRPS-I) is a painful and debilitating disorder that often occurs in the extremities after an injury. Its etiology is unknown, although it is suspected that it is mediated by the central nervous system (CNS). The graded motor imagery (GMI) is a non-invasive therapy that consists of three progressive stages and attempts to modulate the pain of the affected limb to increase its functionality. This technique works through the activation, regulation and normalization of cortical networks involved in sensory-motor processing based on the fact that pain in the SDRC-I can be mediated by the incongruity of the sensory and motor information that reaches the CNS. The objective of the review was to evaluate the effectiveness of GMI in the treatment of CRPS-I. Material and method: a systematic review was carried out following the PRISMA norms of the clinical studies carried out until January 2019 in the PeDro, Cochrane, Pubmed and Scielo databases. PEDro scale was passed to the studies. The main variables evaluated were pain and motor function. Results: six articles were obtained which used the GMI for the treatment of CRPS-I. Conclusions: the effectiveness of GMI program in the treatment of CRPS-I cannot be assessed due to the lack of studies to obtain a bibliographic sample of the necessary size so that the results can be extrapolated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: conventional treatments of certain chronic pathologies sometimes do not bring the expected results, so there is a need to seek new treatment techniques, such as Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (IPE). The objective of this literature review is to establish the evidence in the literature on the physiological effects of the application of IPE in the organism. Material and methods: a systematic search of scientific literature according to the PRISMA regulations was carried out in Medline, Pubmed, Scopus and Sportdiscus, during the months of January and February 2018 using the terms "electrolysis" and "percutaneous" joined together by the Boolean operator AND. Exclusion criteria were applied to all returned results and 13 works were finally obtained for review. The Jadad scale was used to determine the quality of the studies. Results: thirteen studies were included, which analyzed the effects of IPE in both humans and animals and in comparison with other techniques or interventions. Many resof these studies provided statistically significant data showing that after IPE pain is reduced and functionality improved, among other variables. Conclusions: the effects of IPE on the organism are beneficial, so in those pathologies in which conventional techniques do not obtain fpositive results, it may represent a treatment option to be taken into account. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article advances a material-semiotic approach in order to think with Attention- deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the use of psychostimulant medication. Drawing from an ethnography centered around the practices enacted in two schools in Santiago, we argue that a pragmatic, relational and posthuman approach extends the analysis to different processes and dynamics about how children diagnosed with ADHD, medication, their peers, teachers and others human and non-human actors co-affect each other, thus enacting particular versions of the diagnose and of the medication's effects. Therefore, we argue for the need to relocate the discussion to avoid binaries that have trapped the reflections about how children affect and are affected by biomedical knowledges and "psy" practices. Particularly, we question the idea that subjectivity and psychostimulants are forcefully antagonist agents, since in practice, they both co-exist, co-affecting each other, producing creative and emergent elements, as revealed by our fieldnotes and ethnographic interviews. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Medical Imaging is the medical science that deals with all normal and abnormal images of structures, tissues and internal organs. Ultrasound is not an invention, but a natural physical event that can be caused by man. Objective: To present the history and development of ultrasound in medical imaging and its function in the development of medicine and in the health-disease process. Method: A bibliographic review was carried out from January to July 2018. Text books and original and review articles were considered. The search was carried out mainly in the SciELO, Science Direct and Medigraphic databases. Development: It is known as ultrasound scan the procedure to obtain diagnostic images from the echoes obtained by the emission of ultrasound waves. Conclusions: The ultrasound scan is a technological improvement, a compendium of the knowledge of sound waves and the possibility of producing ultrasound by means of piezoelectric phenomena, it is the most useful diagnostic means and has multiple advantages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the foundations of Hippocratic and Galenic medicine of the classical world that converged in the historical context of military health in the Liberating Campaign of New Granada of 1819. The theoretical contribution is the characterization of diagnosis, treatment, and the relationship between the doctor and the patient evidenced both in war scenarios and cases of common illness. Therefore, the document aims to identify the classical sources of Greek and Roman medicine in a historical milestone of great importance in the framework of the commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Battle of the Boyacá Bridge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rational prescription is a necessary process in the elderly. Their integral formation and the acquisition of good prescription habits by the student of medical sciences is a concern for those responsible for their training. The aim is to identify the level of knowledge about polypharmacy and consequences to the health of the elderly in medical students of the clinical area. A didactic material was designed about the topics identified with knowledge deficit. A research has two stages, first stage: prospective cross-sectional study to identify the level of knowledge, second stage: design of a didactic foldable on topics with knowledge deficit using a tool from the Microsoft Publisher 2013 package. Results: 63% of the students were unaware of the topics investigated, the third year students omitted on the danger of the number of pharmacological interactions. The 4th year students (56%) were the ones who showed the most knowledge. Conclusions: The insufficiency of knowledge led to design a didactic foldable that offers the student a tool easy to consult and simple interpretation, which ensures from the undergraduate strengthen the rational use of medicines in the elderly population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The new generations of Cuban doctors face the medicalization of society, where precision medicine, articulated with the reasoned therapy is aim to increase the quality of the prescription process. However, the current scenario reveals the need to promote the rational use of medicines according to the development of the country through education, from instruction. Antecedents: In previous courses the topics that have been addressed have been those of greatest difficulty reflected in the evaluation system of the subject Pharmacology-I. The absence of a teaching support material coherent with the indications of the Director Program of the Teaching of Medical Sciences, the objectives of the discipline and in response to the current need of the teaching-educational process were elements that supported its design. Objective: Contribute to the rational prescription of medications through the contents of pharmaceutical forms, routes of administration and pharmacokinetics using the brochure during self-preparation. Methods: A pedagogical tool with a didactic approach was designed, aimed at undergraduate students of the medical career. It is structured in introduction to the content, 29 questions (objective test, modified essays), answers and reference bibliography. Self-assessment is achieved by the checklist. The way of conceiving basic contents to teach prescription habits, their systematic use during selfpreparation, linked with the professor consultation, promote the gradual development of cognitive independence, major level of knowledge assimilations and resolutive and scientific capacity. Conclusions: The divulgation on the university website, its implementation and systematic use by students, indicates to be a relevant tool to promote good prescription skills and habits. The approach aimed at self-preparation encourages self-management of knowledge and contributes to the formation of the professional model in correspondence with the task that society demands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The application of big data techniques in biomedical research can lead to great advances in health sciences. However, its use requires the design and implementation of privacy-by-design measures which guarantee compliance with data protection regulations. For these purposes, the new general privacy regulations and the Spanish sectorial regulations regarding data protection are analyzed in order to identify the main challenges and some useful tools to undertake this task and exploit the potential of technology respecting data protection, which is a fundamental right. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several investigations have been carried out on the treatment of the spelling since early ages up to higher studies; however, many of these have had no results. It is necessary to meditate about the development of the orthographic competence as basic requirement for the achievement of the comprehensive preparation of the medical sciences professional from the educational field. In this article it is commented on this arduous way of the conscious practice of the correct writing that awake the interest of students and teaching staff. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a condition characterized by deficiencies in social communication and repetitive or restricted patterns (APA, 2013). According to a study from the Medical Sciences Campus, in Puerto Rico, this diagnosis has a prevalence of 1.62% (Cordero et al., 2012). The objective of this research is to describe the cognitive functioning of youth diagnosed with ASD in the categories, Asperger, highly functional or level of severity one, between 12 to 18 years. The aim is to identify their cognitive strengths and weaknesses using the Cognitive Assessment System - second edition in Spanish (CAS-2) based on the Planning, Attention, Simultaneous and Successive (PASS) theory. With a sample of 26 participants, the results suggest greater strengths in the simultaneous process and the planning, attention and successive processes as areas of greatest need. These findings are consistent with the work of Taddei and Contena (2013) who identified the planning and attention processes as the lowest scoring in the CAS-2 in youth with ASD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intervention research is a transdisciplinary field in which have participated social sciences, human sciences and health sciences. These studies are concerned to construct evidence about intervention practices. The approach and methods are variables, depending of scientific paradigm. Therefore, here we presented a critical analysis of papers about social intervention. The review was done with 70 papers of scientific journals published since 2007 until 2016. In it we track emerging topics, identifying regularities, ruptures, conclusions and issues to discuss. Results shows that social intervention has been a social problems solution strategy since XIX until today. But in its history, social intervention practices have promoted relations and discourses which produce kinds of governmentality and subjectivation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present paper it is our intention to place the teacher as the healing agent in the educative and social realms. In order to do so, we will determine the importance of healing didactics as a discipline through which the teacher can heal, prevent and act within class situations. It is also presented the need to reconsider some of the teacher's basic functions when working with his or her students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The anthropological discipline, and particularly the density of the ethnographic method, consititute essential conceptual tools in the training of diverse humanistic bachelor's degrees as well as the ones related to the health field. Specifically, in this last area the anthropological perspective is not usually included among the highly valued knowledge implemented by health agents who are used to trusting more, for instance, in "medical science". In this text, a pedagogic experience of teaching anthropology applied to health field is described, considering the implementation of an elective seminar for advanced students in an Occupational Therapy bachelor's degree. In an auto ethnographic key, the impact of this training is analysed taking into account that, despite being considered "holistic" in its conception of health and human being, Occupational Therapy is highly attached to biomedical knowledge and practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social representations (SR) have always been a fundamental concept for psychology (Moscovici, 1973). This qualitative study uses the concept of SR, applied to the Health's field; the aim is to analyze the SR of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for cancer in students of Health Sciences, using the methodology of thematic analysis. Results indicate that the SR of CAM have been developed based on many different elements, but where prevails an objectification and anchoring of CAM on what is common and familiar, rather than based on scientific knowledge. This to reflect on the training of future professionals and their practices in curing cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since the 70's decade, Cujae has been a pioneer institution in the field of optics research in Cuba. Some faculties and departments of this university have developed research projects on the field. Many of its affiliates are former or current members of the Cuban Physics Society, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. In this scenario, the main achievements of Cujae in the optics field are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Un editorial está presentada en la realización del 10 aniversario de la primera cohorte de estudiantes del programa de enfermería de la Universidad Universidad Autónoma de Burcaramanga (UNAB). Los temas discutidos incluyen ideas para la creación de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, el desarrollo de la carrera profesional en el sector de la salud y académicos la viabilidad en el programa de enfermería.

This work aims to carry out a bibiiometric analysis of scientific production of University of Camagüey «Ignacio AgramonteLoynaz» registered in databases Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) in the period 2001-2013. it constitutes a first approach to the analysis of scientific results of this institution. The databases used were chosen for their multidisciplinary characteristics and international visibility. The main features of the stage are characterized in terms of productivity, impact and collaboration. The study reveals that scientific production begins to increase continuously from year 2010. Average number of citations by documents shows that scientific results of University of Camagüey have hada significant impact, especially research related to health sciences. Collaboration, both nationally and internationally, has had a positive influence on productivity and impact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: In the absence of specific legislation, the Work Group on Medicines Information of the Medicines Association of the Spanish Pharmaceutical Industry (Asociación de Medicina de la Industria Farmacéutica, AMIFE) decided to define and delimit the obligations involved in managing medicines information in the pharmaceutical industry. Although certain international guides are currently available, it was considered necessary to write a Spanish guide that could be used by pharmaceutical companies and professionals and whose demands for quality standards in the sector could also be shared with the medical community, patients and the public at large. Methodology: In the course of one of the Group's regular meetings, group members were invited to participate in one of the project areas, which were the planning, write-up, evaluation of experts and publication of the guide in chapters. After choosing two project coordinators, the members agreed on the subjects to be covered and established the structure for the chapters. It was decided that each chapter should include a comprehensive review of a subject and observations or conclusions that would form the basis for a series of recommendations After drafting an initial table of contents, the group invited a series of professionals to work as voluntary authors, selecting these on the basis of their experience and main field of interest. When the authors had completed the first draft of the chapters, the Group coordinators appointed two members of the group to review each chapter and check it for missing information or errors of content or form. The coordinators then reviewed the chapters themselves to ensure the consistency of the overall guide and drew up conclusions and recommendations that were reviewed by the rest of the group and voted in or out of the final document. Results: The result was the Guía de buenas prácticas de información médica en la industria farmacéutica española. The twelve chapters comprising the guide reviewed the functions and importance of medicines information, the features and activities of the different areas of medicines information, the training and qualification frameworks of medicines information professionals, standard work procedures and the legal and ethical frameworks informing these, legislation on intellectual property rights, the importance of the role of evidence-based medicine and of quality assurance and the challenges that medicines information will have to face in the future. Fifteen conclusions or recommendations were also made at the end of the document. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nutritional assistance takes note about new paradigms with an increasing tendency to preventive actions. A fusion with psychology and ecology is observed; It is becoming increasingly evident that most illnesses are a reaction to an emotionally disturbed environment. The emotional and social adaptation imposes a look from the complexity of the process of bifurcation of everyday life. The object of the health sciences are the representations and strategies of inquiry that are present in the course of social reproduction for the biophysical and social balance of man. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Implementing an information literacy program in the Cuban national health system in order for the health workers to acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes to adequately manage scientific information has been a strategy developed by the National Center of Sciences Information since 2016. The objective of the research was to carry out a critical analysis of the information literacy program implementation in the national health system and to propose an action plan for the development of informational competences in the national health system. Methodology: A qualitative approach was used to develop the research, an empirical-descriptive study was carried out and the information was obtained in the framework of the methodological visits made to the countrywide libraries network. The study used observation and interview as data collection methods. Results and conclusions: The results permit to establish the aspects that had negative incidence on the success of the actions started as part of the information literacy program; it is evinced that, despite working for years to consolidate it and the conceptualization of a model for the creation of informational competences in the sector, the timely and systematic use of information sources and resources has not been fostered, as a key condition for the process of health information and knowledge management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]