Brigades of students of Medical Sciences in Isolation Centers
Keywords:
Patient isolation, Covid-19, Quarantine, Medical students, PandemicAbstract
Introduction: the creation of isolation centers constitutes one of the most important measures taken during COVID-19 in Cuba; with the consequent incorporation of students in the dissimilar tasks carried out in these institutions.
Objective: to characterize the brigades of students who worked in the isolation centers of the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos in the month of July 2021.
Method: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out with students from the brigades of the isolation centers in July 2021. The universe was made up of 72 students and its entirety was studied. The variables studied were: age, sex, municipality, career, academic year, isolation center and tasks performed. Descriptive statistics were used.
Results: the female sex and the age group from 19 to 21 years (69.44%) predominated; the majority came from the municipality of Cienfuegos (91.7%). 91.7% belonged to the medical career and 52.9% to the second academic year. Participation in the Student Residence predominated and the tasks performed most frequently were that of a patrician and messenger.
Conclusions: the students who made up the brigades of the isolation centers worked mainly in the center of the Student Residence, predominantly female. The most frequently performed tasks were patrician and messenger. The medical career and the second year stood out for the high participation in the impact task.
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