Asociación entre calidad de la imagen y tiempo de aprendizaje de capilaroscopía en estudiantes de medicina.

Abstract

Introduction: The use of capillaroscopy is an easy, simple, economical method which is in charge of studying and knowing the different pathologies that the nail bed can present, by which alterations of the connective tissue morphology related to the diagnosis of rheumatoid diseases that can be detected early, thus being a complementary tool for the health professional. In our country there are no studies that evaluate the learning of this technique of studying capillaries of the nail bed, so we have decided to carry out this type of research General objective: to obtain a good image and determine the time of learning of capillaroscopy in medical students. Specific objective:- Associate time with image quality - Compare the image of the beginning of the workshop, with the final image of each session - Distinguish the ability of students to differentiate the injuries in the capillaries - Determine the degree of capillary visibility and associate them with the Fitzpatrick scale Materials and Methods: an analytical investigation of experimental type was carried out, whose results were reported descriptively, for which two workshops of capillaroscopy were prepared with students of the medicine tube of the UCSG during the year 2017. Results: The two workshops carried out with a number of 20 technicians and 50 photographs taken by medical students of the UCSG, obtained an average age of 23 years in which it was predominantly female; presenting a remarkable improvement in the second workshop when capturing a good image through the capillaroscope; each photo was evaluated by a professional having as characteristics a visible image, little visible and not visible. Conclusion: There are not many studies focused on analyzing the ability of medical students to correctly capture images through capillaroscopy and the factors that determine it.