Informational competences of professors of the Medical Sciences University of Matanzas

Abstract

Background: the competences (skills, attitudes and aptitudes) for the 
access and usage of the digital and printed information are the base 
for the continuous learning during the entire life.
Objective: identifying the factors affecting the development of 
informational competences in professors of the University of Medical 
Sciences of Matanzas.
Materials and Methods: a descriptive study was carried out in the 
period from January to May 2015, using theoretical and empiric 
methods, and statistical procedures. The universe of the research was 
formed by 166 professors of the University of Medical Sciences of 
Matanzas, and the sample of the research, intentional and 
non-probabilistic, is integrated by 42 professors.
Outcomes: they don't use the information in decision-taking and they 
don't teach their students to do it, being a competence that has to be 
used in the field of public health; insufficient knowledge of the 
norms of bibliographic redaction and scarce participation of 
professors in virtual courses.
Conclusions: the carried-out diagnosis probed that there are 
difficulties in the usage of the Informational Competences by 
professors.