Values-based education in the medical sciences from the perspective of science, technology and society

Abstract

Introduction: Values education from a Science, Technology, and Society perspective in Cuban medical universities enables the integration of students' knowledge to understand the impact of complex scientific and technical phenomena on the economy, social life, and health.

Objective: To expose the importance of values education from a Science, Technology, and Society perspective in the training of human resources in Cuban medical universities.

Methods: At the theoretical level, the following methods were used: historical-logical, synthetic-analytic, and documentary analysis. In addition, a bibliographic review was conducted using search strategies in Google Scholar, SciELO, and PubMed. Fiventeen bibliographic references related to the research topic were consulted.

Development: Values refer to all those principles that allow human beings, through their behavior, to develop as better individuals. Values education in the biomedical context from a science, technology, and society perspective fosters the integration of scientific knowledge from various angles, allowing for better treatment of the complex phenomena of constantly evolving social reality.

Conclusions: Value education from a science, technology, and society perspective in medical science universities contributes to the development of human resources as agents of intervention and change in the political, economic, social, cultural, and scientific-technological processes taking place within Cuban society.