ElectroMed, educational multimedia for the study of clinical electrocardiography applying mnemonics

Abstract

Introduction: clinical electrocardiography is an essential tool for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases, and at the same time a complex content to assimilate. The application of mnemonics for the teaching-educational process allows a simpler and more efficient memorization. Objective: to prepare an educational multimedia on clinical electrocardiography applying mnemonics Method: a technological innovation investigation was carried out at the University of Medical Sciences of Santiago de Cuba from September to December 2018. A validation was carried out using Delphi method by 30 experts and an evaluation by 351 third year medical students. Mediaware and object-oriented programming, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash were used for the design. Results: 66,67 % of the teachers had an assistant teaching category and 46,67 % were Doctors of Pedagogical and / or Medical Sciences. For 98,78 % of the experts, multimedia is a didactic model, which provides complete and up-to-date information on the subject and all applicable in teaching. 100 % of students expressed that multimedia allows an adequate understanding of knowledge and that the level of ease of use is adequate. A significant increase (p <0,05) in knowledge levels was found after using multimedia. Conclusions: the multimedia designed was an auxiliary tool for learning through the application of mnemonics. He found positive assessments by experts and students on quality, feasibility and relevance in terms of technical and content aspects.

Keywords

• fertilidad
• método anticonceptivo
• riesgo preconcepcional
• salud reproductiva.