Attitude towards research and self-study in Cuban medical science students during COVID-19

Abstract

Introduction: during the epidemiological situation due to COVID-19, Cuban medical science students carried out active research tasks. Objective: to characterize the attitude towards the investigation in students of the Cuban Medical Sciences during COVID-19. Method: multicenter, observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study in Cuban Medical Sciences students in the month of July 2020. The sample consisted of 200 students selected by means of a Snow boll type sampling. To collect the information, a Google form (Google Forms) was used. Results: It was found a predominance of female students (66.5%), aged between 18 and 20 years (56.5%), of the medical career (92.5%) and of the third year (25.5 %). 34.5% of those surveyed came from the medical universities of Holguín and Pinar del Río. 87.5% of the surveyed students reported having joined the active investigations, in 87.0% of the cases the relatives did not present any objection. 66.0% of the surveyed students found this task useful. 79.5% affirmed that their incorporation into conducting active investigations in times of the COVID-19 pandemic had a great influence on their professional and humanistic training. 68.5% of the students expressed feeling support from the different health institutions. Conclusions: A great disposition was shown on the part of the students of Medical Sciences to carry out the active research.

Keywords

• esquisa activa
• infecciones por coronavirus
• actitud
• estudiantes de ciencias médicas, covid-19