Pertinence of the teaching use of virtual classroom by Basic Biomedical Science Department

Abstract

Introduction: the use of digital technology is recognized as a strategic university educative policy. Objective: to analyse the relevance of the teaching use of virtual classroom by the Basic Biomedical Science Department, in Salvador Allende Medicine Faculty, of Havana Medical University. Methods: it was developed a descriptive and qualitative investigation, using the case study method. There were used theoretical methods: analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, historic logic and moving up from the abstract to concrete, and empirical methods: documentary review and focal group.Results: criteria were determined that allow accepting the teaching use of the virtual classroom as a departmental teaching innovation that, based on the use of digital technology, it constitutes a transition from the face-to-face teaching toward the hybrid teaching model, Conclusions: the teaching use of virtual classroom by the basic Biomedical Science Department, in Salvador Allende Medicine Faculty, of Havana Medicine University is a relevant teaching innovation that participates in the digital transformation of medical education.