Teaching support material on reference values of clinical laboratory tests

• Main Authors: Carlos Alfredo Miló-Valdés, Emilio Yaser Pando-Hernández, Humbelina Díaz-Alfonzo, Yanisleidi Bravo-Malagón
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río 2020-05-01
• Series: Universidad Médica Pinareña
• Subjects: servicios de laboratorio clínico; valores de referencia; materiales de enseñanza; medicina interna; manuales como asunto
• Online Access: http://revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/418

Introduction: due to the diagnostic utility of complementary clinical laboratory tests, it is necessary to learn from undergraduate to achieve better medical care. Objective: to elaborate a teaching support material on reference values of clinical laboratory examinations. Method: A development investigation was carried out at the Teaching Surgical Clinical Hospital “Dr. León Cuervo Rubio ”, during the year 2018. The sample consisted of 60 third-year students of the Medicine career and 15 professional specialists from the Clinical Laboratory and Internal Medicine as evaluators. Reference values for laboratory test results were collected. Microsoft Publisher 2016, from the Office suite, was used for digital editing. For the treatment of the images, Adobe Photoshop 10 was used. A semi-structured survey was applied to evaluate the product. Results: all the indicators received adequate or higher grades from 95 % of the students, where 26,67 % indicated the update as very adequate. Regarding the perception by teachers, all the indicators received adequate or higher marks by 93,33 % of the teachers, where 100 % evaluated the practical value and coherent integration of the contents as adequate or superior. Conclusions: a medium valued as useful was prepared, and which covers the training objectives of the Basic General Physician. The values are collected in tables that contain the complement with its value (or range) specifying the measurement units.