Application of Problem-based Teaching in Medical Microbiology and Parasitology of career Medicine

Introduction: The application of Problem-based Teaching requires teaching skills to identify content contradictions and create problematic situations, so that they are assimilated by students as teaching problems which will be solved in class, while they assimilate new knowledge. In the subject of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology belonging to the Diagnostic Media discipline, at the Victoria de Girón Faculty, this approach, of proven effectiveness, had not been systematically used. Objective: To explain the methodological work path that allowed the application of Problem-based Teaching, in the subject of Medical Mycology, of the subject of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, based on the results of previous research. Methods: Through the inductive-deductive method and documentary analysis, the teachers of this subject assimilated previous experiences, which allowed them to apply a consistent teaching-methodological work, in order to bring this type of teaching to their classes, with the application of a methodological system to develop didactic-descriptive guides, as models to develop the classes. Results: The methodological work used allowed the group to prepare guides for the conferences and practical classes, which would allow them to apply Problematic Teaching, by adapting an established methodological system to the conditions the higher level, in Medical Sciences. Conclusions: It was demonstrated that to use Problematic Teaching, a methodological work must be developed that organizes the identification of contradictions and the writing of teaching problems, to develop classes with the use of the categories and methods of this didactic conception.