Handbook for the elaboration of the Medical Certificate of Death
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certificate of death, causes of death, undergraduate education in medicine, handbookAbstract
It was developed a handbook for the elaboration of the Medical Certificate of Death in Cardenas. The product consists of a prologue, an index, two chapters, self-evaluations and annexes. The universe was formed by 978 Medicine students and it was used a sample of 64 students from the Branch of the Medical Sciences University “Gabriela Arias”, who gave their consent to taking part in the study. An initial inquiry on the topic was applied and it resulted in 6, 25 % of the total of students evaluated of regular and 93,75 % of bad. After applying the handbook, it was showed a significant improvement of the knowledge level predominating students evaluated of good; they represented 85,94 % of the total. 100 % of the inquired showed a high level of satisfaction with the use of the product.Downloads
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Vega Jiménez J, Sánchez MB. Handbook for the elaboration of the Medical Certificate of Death. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2014 Apr. 4 [cited 2025 Jan. 22];35(5):438-49. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/1016
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