Pertinencia de la superación posgraduada en la atención al adulto mayor

Abstract

The aging population facing Cuba in general and its province of Villa Clara as that of more aged inhabitants, requires a greater preparation of specialists in Comprehensive General Medicine for the attention to this population group that needs a particular care to achieve a healthy aging and with quality of life; For this reason, the authors considered it pertinent to report on a research carried out in three stages: the identification of learning needs of the referred physicians, the design of a group of postgraduate improvement activities to contribute to raising their preparation in comprehensive care for the elderly , and its approval by criteria of specialists for its implementation, in order to solve the problem analyzed.