Resumen de Distance Education: modality that ensured continuity tothe Medical Sciences teaching process in Guantánamo,Cuba

Mayra López Milián, Yadira Ruiz Juan Yadira Ruiz Juan, Mairileyda Méndez López, Leyda Méndez López

• Introduction: among the viruses that produce lethal, highly transmissible acute respiratory infections, theworld will not forget the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, responsible for a global pandemic with unfavorableeffects in all areas of human development, including Education. Superior. Objective: Provide elementsthat contribute to the knowledge of Distance Education as a powerful tool in the educational teachingprocess confirmed during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Method: A narrative review was carried out toidentify, analyze, evaluate and interpret the body of knowledge on the topic. To prepare it, the databasesMedline, Google academic, Scielo and Dialnet were consulted, with a search strategy designed to obtainresults on Distance Education. The limit used was 12 years, (2010-2022). The PubMed search engine wasused to perform the search in Medline. More than 50 documents that addressed the topic in their contentwere selected, and those chosen were determined through reading, selection, and critical appreciation.Theoretical methods were used to analyze the documentation. Results: The reviewed sources allowedus to identify multiple advantages and few disadvantages of Distance Education, as well as the situationof some countries, including Cuba, in relation to technological support and political will to systematizethis modality. Conclusions: The review carried out demonstrates that Distance Education as a trainingmodality is an ideal means to continue the educational teaching process, as long as teachers and studentsare made aware of the need to contribute with their preparation to face the challenge