Digital competences in health professionals. Public hospitals case of peru.

Abstract

In the modern and globalized world, information and communication technologies (ICT) have emerged that make it possible to manipulate information and provide the necessary means to store, retrieve, produce, record, present, transmit and communicate data, facilitating communication among all human beings and has also contributed to the transformation of the social world.At the same time, technological advances have further democratized the use of the Internet. This has led to hyper-connected scenarios, data creators and increasing digitization, as a result, almost all production areas today are caught in a process of change, whose main objective is to adapt to this new digital age.Indeed, in this context, digital capabilities were born, defined as the set of knowledge, skills, behaviors, strategies, strengths, and awareness required in the use of ICTs and the digital environment when carrying out activities, solving problems, reporting, managing information. , with positive, qualified, suitable, analytical, imaginative, fair, weighted by tasks, inactivity, collaboration, learning, socialization, use and empowerment.Given the situation observed, it is necessary to describe the digital skills in health professionals, since it is an essential requirement to deepen knowledge, by using new technologies it enhances their capabilities, thus improving health services, human quality and well-being of people in the field of nursing, also some professionals are teaching, a vital field in providing a comprehensive university education according to the needs, benefit not only this group by improving their work performance in the face of the challenges demanded by the professional world through of the development of digital skills, but also Include the environment, individuals, families, communities in care centers and at the same time train future nursing professiona.The general objective is to describe the digital skills of health professionals. For the collection of information, the following techniques and instruments were used: systematic review, for the bibliographic search, search engines were used (Scopus, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Dialnet, Scielo, ProQuest) finding 10 investigations that were evaluated through the list of Boverieth Astete, the advanced search was made with different search strategies combining descriptors, keywords and booleans. The sample consisted of 10 articles. The results obtained showed 6 relevant categories: creation of digital content, use and security of technology, information and information literacy, communication and collaboration, problem solving and factors related to digital competence. Conclusions: Health professionals have many deficiencies in information skills and information literacy, communication and collaboration, creation of digital content, use of technology and security; however, they show more skills when it comes to solving problems; the ability factors are correlated, and it is not a negative correlation, that is, the higher the ability, the younger they are.In the limitations there are deficient articles clearly related to the studied area. It is suggested to carry out more quantitative, comparative research; as well as qualitative studies.Keywords: digital competence, professionals, health sciences