Tania Morales Fernández’s research while affiliated with Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara and other places

It is necessary to deepen the use of truthful and updated sources of information, hence the importance of its evaluation. Therefore, it is proposed to evaluate the use of the Virtual Health Library in medical libraries from Villa Clara. A qualitative research was carried out from January 2020 to December 2023. The evaluation of the Virtual Health Library allows us to know the facilities experienced or the difficulties faced by librarians, if we take into account that any source Information is only valid if it provides useful content and if it is easily located. The main detected deficiencies were all section names, headlines and links did not correspond to their contents; links did not link directly to the content they specify; there were broken links; the returned results were not in accordance with the search strategy carried out.

Currently, the ability to distinguish which sources provide reliable information is the most important tool for researchers. Therefore, it is necessary to deepen the use of truthful and updated information sources, and the importance of evaluating them. This problem takes greater importance in the health area, that is why the institutions in question have been projected in this type of study. Such is the case of the Provincial Information Center for Medical Sciences from Villa Clara, which proposed to evaluate the use of the Cuban Virtual Health Library by the librarians of the network of medical libraries in the province, whose fundamental objective is to satisfy the needs of its users.

Introducción: la bibliometría constituye un medio para situar la producción de un país con respecto al mundo, una institución en relación con su país y los científicos en relación con sus propias comunidades. Objetivos: analizar la producción científica contenida en la Revista “Acta Médica del Centro” en el período comprendido entre 2007 y 2019 a través de indicadores bibliométricos. Métodos: la aplicación de técnicas métricas propició que se obtuvieran datos desde el punto de vista cuantitativo sobre la producción de la revista en todos los años que se editó. Se determinaron como indicadores: productividad por años, autores, artículos producidos/citados, por ciento de endogamia, autores ocasionales o transitorios, índice de transitoriedad, distribución de los autores según su productividad, autores más citados, índice h, instituciones productoras, tipología de artículos y palabras clave. Resultados: el año más productivo fue 2011 y el más citado fue 2014. El autor de mayor índice de productividad fue el Dr. Luis Alberto Santos Pérez. Se encontraron 346 autores transitorios, para un índice de transitoriedad del 67%. El 95% de los autores han publicado entre uno y cuatro artículos en la revista. El 34% fueron trabajos originales. Conclusiones: la revista mantuvo de forma oscilante el número de trabajos publicados por año. No existe presencia de endogamia editorial. La visibilidad que tiene la producción científica de la revista es de un 32% y el índice h de los autores es muy escaso. La producción científica se centraliza principalmente en autores del Hospital “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, por lo que se observa endogamia institucional.

Introducción: entre las principales estrategias de trabajo del Ministerio de Salud Pública de Cuba se encuentran los programas proyectados a solucionar los problemas de salud existentes a nivel nacional e internacional, los cuales requieren cada día de un mayor sustento científico. Objetivos: evaluar la gestión de información realizada para el desarrollo de los programas priorizados de salud en la provincia de Villa Clara. Métodos: se determinaron los indicadores para evaluar la pertinencia, factibilidad y efectividad de la gestión de información en función de los programas priorizados de salud de la provincia. Se utilizó el modelo de Stuffebeam que considera cuatro aspectos: contexto, diseño, proceso y producto. Se aplicó una encuesta y entrevista a los especialistas. Resultados: como principal resultado científico se logró evaluar la pertinencia, factibilidad y eficiencia de la gestión de información en la aplicación de los programas priorizados de salud de la provincia, y los niveles de competencia y desempeño de los funcionarios y especialistas. Conclusiones: la evaluación de la gestión de información en función de mejorar el desarrollo de los programas priorizados de salud de la provincia contribuyó a evidenciar el papel de la información científica actualizada en la calidad de los resultados alcanzados, y los niveles de preparación de los especialistas y directivos que conducen esta actividad.

In the history of humanity, information has been a resource of power. Currently, the development of information and communication technologies demands that information professionals form subjects as intelligent users, which increases scientific quality. The objective of the authors is to deepen the topic by the need to manage information on the work strategies of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, whose programs are projected to solve the main health problems in the country, which require each day greater scientific foundations; on the other hand, the evaluation of information management is a valuable tool to demonstrate the levels of preparation of the specialists and managers who carry out this activity and the role of scientific information in the quality of the results achieved.

Introducción: Las publicaciones científicas son el soporte por excelencia para divulgar las investigaciones de científicos y profesionales. La bibliometría es un instrumento esencial que permite valorar los resultados de las investigaciones publicadas en las revistas científicas. Objetivos: Describir la producción científica de la revista CorSalud, a través de diferentes indicadores bibliométricos. Método: Estudio descriptivo, longitudinal y retrospectivo que evaluó los artículos publicados en el período 2009-2016. Se tuvo en cuenta la productividad por años, países, autores; artículos producidos/citados, porcentaje de endogamia, autores ocasionales o transitorios, índice de transitoriedad, distribución de los autores según su productividad, autores más citados, índice h, instituciones productoras, tipología de artículos y palabras clave. Resultados: Se publicaron 388 artículos, el 2013 fue el año más productivo y citado, el autor más productivo fue Francisco Luis Moreno Martínez (19 contribuciones), el 90,7% de las publicaciones son de autores cubanos, 137 son transitorios para un índice de transitoriedad del 35,3%, el 97% son pequeños productores, el índice h es escaso, la mayor contribución de artículos fue del Cardiocentro Ernesto Che Guevara, el 29% fueron trabajos originales y las palabras clave más empleadas: Infarto agudo de miocardio, Hipertensión, Angioplastia y Ecocardiografía, entre otras. Conclusiones: Existe una estabilidad en el número de trabajos publicados por año, con prevalencia de los originales, tendencia al aumento de artículos nacionales sobre los internacionales, y alta tasa de endogamia. Los indicadores bibliométricos estudiados indican la presencia de una estabilidad en el proceso editorial y aumento en la calidad de la publicación.

Background: bibliometric studies are important sources for the advancement of scientific journals. Objective: to describe the scientific production of the EDUMECENTRO journal in the period 2009-2016, through different bibliometric indicators. Methods: a bibliometric, descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study of the EDUMECENTRO journal of Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences was carried out from 2009 to 2016. Theoretical, empirical, as well as mathematical and statistical methods were applied. As a source of information, articles published and information obtained through the Google Academic search engine were used. In addition, different bibliometric indicators were used: productivity by authors, articles produced/cited, productivity by years, among others. Results: all published articles were included in the study (484). The years of greatest publication were 2014 and 2016. The highest citation was obtained in 2013 and 2014. The percentage of editorial endogamy was 64 %. We found 234 transient authors, so that this index was 48,3 %. The maximum number of citations received per author was 62. The H index of the most productive authors was identified. The greatest contribution of articles was from the university itself. 70 % of the published articles are original. Conclusions: this study allowed us to describe the scientific production of the EDUMECENTRO journal within the context of the health sciences, where the progression of citation indexes and the high prevalence of published original articles stand out as positive aspects.

The introduction of new technologies has brought about changes in analytical- synthetic processing, one of the stages in the life cycle of information. Most librarians in the network of medical libraries are graduates in cultural and educational studies, and are not sufficiently familiar with the Medical Sciences Information System. A diagnosis of their needs showed that their training in analytical-synthetic processing is not adequate. Bearing in mind that personnel from the network should be ready to ensure the quality of services, we propose to develop a software supporting the training of librarians in analytical-synthetic processing of information in the network of medical libraries of Villa Clara. The diagnosis was based on qualitative methods and techniques as well as some quantitative resources making it possible to understand the current status of the network of medical libraries and determine the contents to be included. The software is structured into five topics, and a friendly interface enables users to easily move about their areas of interest at any moment. Implementation of the software will provide librarians with a source of information related to the knowledge and techniques required for the appropriate analytical-synthetic processing of information, as well as a tool for consultation and support to professional development and research activities.

Background: collection evaluation represents one of the most important elements within the collection development process in libraries for satisfying user's information needs. Objective: to evaluate the current state of the library collection that makes up the library at the Provincial Information Center of Medical Sciences in Villa Clara. Methods: a documentary research was conducted in the period from 2010 to 2012 period; theoretical methods: historical-logical and analytic-synthetic; and empirical ones: documental analysis, and the survey as key informant interview, were used, mainly to know, the lines of research in each of the specialties and to assess the status of them on the documentary collection. Results: all specialties are represented on the documentary collection but there are weaknesses related to informational coverage because information is outdated; the thematic composition was assessed regular in six specialties, and one of them was rated poorly. The entire documentary collection is duly processed and you may access to it through the existing bibliographic reference databases. Conclusions: in the evaluation that was performed, thematic composition is a strength and the outdating level, and size for various categories, are weaknesses. In general, according to previously established indicators, any specialty was assessed as excellent.

The introduction of new technologies has brought about changes in analytical-synthetic processing, one of the stages in the life cycle of information. Most librarians in the network of medical libraries are graduates in cultural and educational studies, and are not sufficiently familiar with the Medical Sciences Information System. A diagnosis of their needs showed that their training in analytical-synthetic processing is not adequate. Bearing in mind that personnel from the network should be ready to ensure the quality of services, we propose to develop a software supporting the training of librarians in analytical-synthetic processing of information in the network of medical libraries of Villa Clara. The diagnosis was based on qualitative methods and techniques as well as some quantitative resources making it possible to understand the current status of the network of medical libraries and determine the contents to be included. The software is structured into five topics, and a friendly interface enables users to easily move about their areas of interest at any moment. Implementation of the software will provide librarians with a source of information related to the knowledge and techniques required for the appropriate analytical-synthetic processing of information, as well as a tool for consultation and support to professional development and research activities.