Characterization of the Initial State of Professional Development of Optometry and Optics Technologists in the Use of Spectralis
Abstract:
Introduction: At an international level, professional development is essential for development in the scientific, technological, economic, environmental and social fields of any country. The incorporation of advanced biomedical technology in hospital and community institutions has required the training of professionals in Health Technology profiles, a more recently created area within Medical Education Sciences in Cuba. Therefore, the process of professional development of Optometry and Optics Technologists in the Spectralis Optical Coherence Tomography, an advanced biomedical imaging diagnostic technology that provides objective, quantitative and reproducible data, is necessary.
Objective: to characterize the initial state of professional development to improve the performance of Optometry and Optics Technologists in the use of the Spectralis Optical Coherence Tomograph, from the Ramón Pando Ferrer Cuban Ophthalmological Institute.
Method: An observational study was conducted. The selected population, 50 Optometry and Optics Technologists from the Cuban Ramón Pando Ferrer Ophthalmological Institute, was not sampled. Methodological triangulation was performed by grouping, comparing and contrasting the results obtained in the different empirical methods applied.
Results: The results obtained facilitated the obtaining of the inventory of the problems and potentialities of the professional development process to improve the performance of Optometry and Optics technologists in the use of the Spectralis Optical Coherence Tomograph.
Conclusions: The problems and potentials of the initial state of professional development were determined to improve the performance of Optometry and Optics technologists in the use of Spectralis.
