A disciplina psicologia do esporte nos cursos de psicologia e educação física / Sports psychology in psychology and physical education courses / La materia psicología del deporte en los cursos de psicología y educación física

Este discute a representatividade da disciplina Psicologia do Esporte nos cursos de Psicologia e Educação Física em instituições de ensino superior reconhecidas pelo MEC e situadas na região Sul do país. Foi realizado um estudo documental, com base nos currículos das Instituições. Os resultados revelaram que no Sul do Brasil 21,02% dos cursos de Psicologia, 41,96% dos cursos de bacharelado em Educação Física e apenas 14,83% dos cursos de licenciatura em Educação Física apresentam a disciplina Psicologia do Esporte em sua grade curricular. Observou-se que a disciplina é ofertada mais frequentemente em regime obrigatório nos cursos de bacharelado em Educação Física. Nos cursos de Psicologia, quando ofertada, costuma ser optativa. Os resultados evidenciam uma maior oferta da disciplina para os estudantes de Educação Física, em relação aos de Psicologia, o que pode estar relacionado ao próprio contexto de surgimento da disciplina e sua popularização no meio acadêmico. Para que esse panorama possa mudar e se possa oferecer uma formação adequada no curso de Psicologia para fomentar essa opção de carreira, há necessidade de se repensar o currículo e o próprio perfil do egresso, de forma a dar mais oportunidade aos estudantes para que conheçam as bases teóricas e os campos de aplicação da Psicologia do Esporte. Tal lacuna pode acarretar a fragilização da disseminação desse conhecimento aos estudantes de graduação e a consequente ocupação do mercado de trabalho.(AU)

This study discusses the representativeness of Sports Psychology in Psychology and Physical Education courses at higher education institutions from Southern Brazil. A documentary study was conducted based on the institutions' curricula. Results show that 21.02% of the Psychology major, 41.96% of the bachelor's in Physical Education, and only 14.83% of the license in Physical Education offer Sports Psychology in their curricula. Sports Psychology is most often offered as a compulsory subject in the bachelor's program in Physical Education, whereas Psychology courses offer it mainly as an elective. Physical Education students have greater contact with the discipline when compared with Psychology students, which may be explained by its context of development and popularization in the academic environment. To change this scenario and offer adequate education in the Psychology programs to foster this career option, institutions must rethink their curriculum and the graduate profile itself. This would give students better opportunity to get to know its theoretical bases and fields of application. Such a gap can hinder the dissemination of this knowledge to undergraduate students and the consequent labor market occupation.(AU)

El objetivo de este estudio es discutir la representatividad de la materia Psicología del Deporte en los cursos de Psicología y Educación Física en instituciones de educación superior de la región Sur de Brasil, reconocidas por el Ministerio de Educación (MEC). Se realizó un estudio documental, basado en los planes de estudio de las instituciones. Los resultados revelaron que, en el Sur de Brasil, el 21,02% de los cursos de Psicología, el 41,96% de los cursos de licenciatura en Educación Física y sólo el 14,83% de los cursos de profesorado en Educación tienen la materia Psicología del Deporte en sus planes de estudio. Se observó que la materia Psicología del Deporte se ofrece con mayor frecuencia como asignatura obligatoria en los cursos de licenciatura en Educación Física. Cuando se ofrece en los cursos de Psicología, es una materia optativa. Los resultados muestran una mayor oferta para los estudiantes de Educación Física en comparación con Psicología, lo que puede estar relacionado con el contexto del surgimiento de la Psicología del Deporte como materia y su popularización en el ámbito académico. Para que este escenario cambie y sea posible ofrecer una formación adecuada en el curso de Psicología con el fin de fomentar esta opción de carrera, es necesario repensar el plan de estudios y el perfil del egresado, así los estudiantes tendrán más oportunidades de conocer sus bases teóricas y sus campos de actuación. Tal brecha puede debilitar la difusión de este conocimiento a los estudiantes de grado y la consecuente ocupación en el mercado laboral.(AU)

Componente curricular projeto de vida: perspectivas de professoras da rede estadual de São Paulo / Curricular component life purpose: perspectives of teachers of the São Paulo state network / Componente curricular proyecto de vida: perspectivas de profesores de la red estadual de São Paulo

O objetivo deste estudo foi conhecer a experiência de alguns professores ao lecionar projeto de vida durante a implementação do componente curricular Projeto de Vida no estado de São Paulo. Realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa, de caráter exploratório. Participaram do estudo sete professoras que lecionavam o componente curricular Projeto de Vida em duas escolas públicas, de uma cidade do interior do estado de São Paulo, escolhidas por conveniência. Foram utilizados o Questionário de Dados Sociodemográficos e o Protocolo de Entrevista Semiestruturada para Projeto de Vida de Professores, elaborados para este estudo. As professoras foram entrevistadas individualmente, on-line, e as entrevistas foram gravadas em áudio e vídeo. Os dados foram analisados por meio de análise temática. Os resultados indicaram possibilidades e desafios em relação à implementação do componente curricular Projeto de Vida. Constatou- se que a maioria das docentes afirmou que escolheu esse componente curricular devido à necessidade de atingir a carga horária exigida na rede estadual. As professoras criticaram a proposta, os conteúdos e os materiais desse componente curricular. As críticas apresentadas pelas professoras estão em consonância com aquelas presentes na literatura em relação à reforma do Ensino Médio e ao Inova Educação. Esses resultados sugerem a necessidade de formação tanto nos cursos de licenciatura quanto em ações de formação continuada, para que os professores se sintam mais seguros e preparados para lecionar o componente curricular Projeto de Vida na Educação Básica. Propõe-se uma perspectiva de formação pautada na reflexão e na troca entre os pares para a construção de um projeto coletivo da escola para o componente Projeto de Vida.(AU)

This study aimed to know the experience of some teachers when teaching life purpose during the implementation of the curricular component "Life Purpose" (Projeto de Vida) in the state of São Paulo. A qualitative, exploratory research was carried out. Seven teachers who taught the curricular component "Life Purpose" (Projeto de Vida) in two public schools in a city in the inland state of São Paulo, chosen for convenience, participated in the study. The Sociodemographic Data Questionnaire and the Semi-structured Interview Protocol for Teachers' Life Purposes, developed for this study, were used. The teachers were interviewed individually, online, and the interviews were recorded in audio and video. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The results indicated possibilities and challenges regarding the implementation of the Life Purpose curricular component. It was found that most teachers chose this curricular component due to the need to reach the required workload in the state network. The teachers criticized the proposal, the contents and the materials of this curricular component. Teacher's critics are in line with the criticisms present in the literature regarding the reform of High School and Inova Educação. Therefore, training is essential, both in undergraduate courses and in continuing education actions, so that teachers can teach the curricular component Life Purpose in Basic Education. A training perspective based on reflection and exchange between peers is proposed for the construction of a collective school project for the Life Purpose component.(AU)

El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer la experiencia de algunos profesores al enseñar proyecto de vida durante la implementación del componente curricular Proyecto de Vida en el estado de São Paulo. Se realizó una investigación cualitativa, exploratoria. Participaron en el estudio siete profesores que impartían el componente curricular Proyecto de Vida en dos escuelas públicas en un municipio del estado de São Paulo, elegidos por conveniencia. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron el cuestionario de datos sociodemográficos y el protocolo de entrevista semiestructurada para proyectos de vida de profesores, desarrollados para este estudio. Las entrevistas a los profesores fueron en línea, de manera individual, y fueron grabadas en audio y video. Los datos se sometieron a un análisis temático. Los resultados indicaron posibilidades y desafíos en relación a la implementación del componente curricular Proyecto de Vida. La mayoría de los profesores declararon elegir este componente curricular por la necesidad de alcanzar la carga horaria requerida en la red estatal. Los profesionales criticaron la propuesta, los contenidos y los materiales de este componente curricular. Las críticas presentadas están en línea con las críticas presentes en la literatura respecto a la reforma de la educación básica e Inova Educação. Por lo tanto, la formación es fundamental, tanto en los cursos de grado como en las acciones de educación permanente, para que los profesores puedan impartir el componente curricular Proyecto de Vida en la educación básica. Se propone una formación basada en la reflexión y el intercambio entre pares para la construcción de un proyecto escolar colectivo en el componente Proyecto de Vida.(AU)

Guía metodológica para la autoevaluación de la calidad institucional en una Facultad de Enfermería / Methodological Guidelines for Institutional Quality Self-Assessment in a Nursing School

Introducción: Las instituciones de educación superior que forman recursos humanos para la salud, se esfuerzan por perfeccionar los perfiles de egreso en armonía con las necesidades de la población. Mientras, se incrementan los cuestionamientos a la calidad académica, como producto de las relaciones de poder entre el mercado y el estado. La Facultad de Enfermería es el único centro estatal responsable de la formación de grado y posgrado. Disponer de una tecnología para la autoevaluación de la calidad institucional, podría impactar en la mejora de las funciones universitarias y en la misión social. Objetivos: Diseñar una guía metodológica para implementar el proceso de autoevaluación de la calidad institucional y validar la misma, para desarrollar un proceso sistemático y confiable. Métodos: Consistió en un proyecto de desarrollo tecnológico. El diseño preliminar fue ajustado en función de la consulta a expertos y las mediciones de los coeficientes de Alfa de Cronbach y correlación de Pearson. Se implementó una prueba de autoevaluación mediante la técnica de informantes clave. Resultados: La opinión de los expertos fue favorable para la totalidad de los contenidos. Las pruebas estadísticas demostraron un alto índice de consistencia interna y confiabilidad. El diseño obtenido, integró las pautas universitarias establecidas y las particularidades del servicio. Las recomendaciones se orientaron a mejorar la información disponible y formalizar una metodología participativa. Conclusiones: El diseño de la guía fue validado y permitió un autoconocimiento de la calidad institucional con mayor rigurosidad científica. Se identificaron limitaciones en la fase de intercambio entre los evaluadores(AU)

Introduction: Higher education institutions that train human resources in health strive to improve graduation profiles in harmony with the population needs. Meanwhile, the questioning increases for academic quality, as a product of power relations between the market and the state. The School of Nursing is the only state-run center responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate training. Having a technology for the self-evaluation of institutional quality could have an impact on the improvement of the functions and social mission of the university. Objectives: To design methodological guidelines for implementing the process of self-assessment of institutional quality and to validate it, in order to develop a systematic and reliable process. Methods: This consisted in a technological development project. The preliminary design was adjusted based on expert consultation and measurements of the Cronbach's Alpha coefficients and Pearson's correlation. A self-assessment test was implemented using the key informant technique. Results: The opinion of the experts was favorable for all the contents. The statistical tests showed a high index of internal consistency and reliability. The design obtained integrated the established university guidelines and the service particularities. The recommendations were aimed at improving the available information and at formalizing a participatory methodology. Conclusions: The design of the guidelines was validated and allowed a self-knowledge about institutional quality with greater scientific rigor. Limitations were identified in the exchange phase between the evaluators(AU)

Adaptive Comparative Judgment: A Tool to Support Students' Assessment Literacy.

Comparative judgment in assessment is a process whereby repeated comparison of two items (e.g., assessment answers) can allow an accurate ranking of all the submissions to be achieved. In adaptive comparative judgment (ACJ), technology is used to automate the process and present pairs of pieces of work over iterative cycles. An online ACJ system was used to present students with work prepared by a previous cohort at the same stage of their studies. Objective marks given to the work by experienced faculty were compared to the rankings given to the work by a cohort of veterinary students (n=154). Each student was required to review and judge 20 answers provided by the previous cohort to a free-text short answer question. The time that students spent on the judgment tasks was recorded, and students were asked to reflect on their experiences after engaging with the task. There was a strong positive correlation between student ranking and faculty marking. A weak positive correlation was found between the time students spent on the judgments and their performance on the part of their own examination that contained questions in the same format. Slightly less than half of the students agreed that the exercise was a good use of their time, but 78% agreed that they had learned from the process. Qualitative data highlighted different levels of benefit from the simplest aspect of learning more about the topic to an appreciation of the more generic lessons to be learned.

Guía de ejercicios interactivos para autoevaluación de estudiantes de Enfermería en práctica preprofesional / Set of interactive exercises for the self-assessment of Nursing students in the pre-professional practice

Introducción: la práctica preprofesional ocupa el último curso de la Licenciatura en Enfermería. Contribuye a la educación y entrenamiento final del futuro egresado, lo que permite el desarrollo de habilidades relacionadas con la práctica de enfermería. Objetivo: elaborar una guía de ejercicios interactivos que propicie la autoevaluación de los estudiantes de enfermería que se encuentran en la práctica preprofesional. Métodos: se realizó un estudio de innovación tecnológica en la Facultad Tecnológica, de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey, entre marzo y mayo de 2015. Para el diagnóstico se emplearon la entrevista estructurada y el análisis documental. Fueron utilizados además, la lluvia de ideas y el criterio de especialistas. El producto se elaboró a partir del programa Mediator. Resultados: el diagnóstico mostró un conjunto de deficiencias en la formación profesional de los estudiantes universitarios. Para contribuir a su erradicación se diseñó una guía de ejercicios sustentada en los objetivos del programa. La guía se elaboró a partir del programa Mediator, lo que permitió confeccionar un medio de enseñanza que propicia la autoevaluación. El criterio valorativo de los especialistas fue positivo. Estos reconocen el enfoque metodológico y didáctico del producto y emitieron sugerencias que serán tomadas en cuenta perfeccionar la propuesta. Conclusiones: la multimedia elaborada proporciona a los estudiantes un aprendizaje y autoevaluación continuos, con un enfoque metodológico y didáctico útiles para reforzar el aprendizaje teórico y práctico de la disciplina Enfermería(AU)

Introduction: The pre-profesional practice is the last course of the Nursing major. It contributes to the forthcoming graduates' education and final training, which allows the development of skills related to the nursing practice. Objective: To elaborate a set of interactive exercises that facilitates the self-assessment of the Nursing students who are in their pre-professional practice. Methods: A study of technological innovation was carried out at the University of Medical Sciences of Camagüey Technological School from March to May 2015. The structured interview and documentary analysis were used for the diagnosis. Brainstorming and the specialists' criteria were also used. The product was elaborated using the Mediator program. Results: The diagnosis showed a group of deficiencies in the professional training of university students. In order to contribute to its eradication, a set of exercises was designed based on the program's objectives. The set was developed using the program Mediator, which made it possible to create a teaching environment that encourages self-assessment. The specialists' criterion on value was positive. They recognized the product's methodological and didactic approach, and delivered suggestions that will be taken into account to perfect the proposal. Conclusions: The multimedia developed provides students with continuous learning and self-assessment, with a methodological and didactic approach useful to reinforce the theoretical and practical learning of the Nursing discipline(AU)

Implementation of evidence-based medicine in a health promotion teaching block for Thai medical students.

BACKGROUND: Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is well known in medical practice. Although health promotion (HP) is promoted worldwide, there is still some debate as to whether EBM is needed or useful in the teaching of health promotion. OBJECTIVE: To assess the perceived usefulness of EBM in the teaching of HP among medical students and faculty members. METHODS: A comparative study was conducted between two groups of fourth-year medical students in the academic year 2012 during the five-week Health Promotion Teaching Block at Prince of Songkla University, southern Thailand. A one-week EBM course was conducted with half the students in the first week of the block and the other half of the students in the last week of the block. All activities in the HP block were similar except for the different periods of the one-week of EBM teaching. The effect on knowledge, ability and perceived application of EBM in future practice was assessed by student self-evaluations before versus after taking the EBM course, and by faculty member evaluation of the students' end-of-block presentations. All evaluation items were rated from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest). Data were analyzed using a t-test or Wilcoxon test, as appropriate. RESULTS: The students' self-evaluations of knowledge and ability on EBM between the two groups were similar. The perception that teaching EBM is beneficial in health promotion and future practice increased significantly ( p<0.001) in both groups. Faculty members rated higher scores for the first group than the second group, although the rating differences were not at the level of significance. Ninety percent of the students believed that EBM was a useful addition to the teaching of HP. CONCLUSIONS: Medical students and faculty members perceived that EBM is useful in the HP context. Future studies to evaluate the effect of using evidence-based teaching for health promotion are needed.

Utilizing self-assessment software to evaluate student wax-ups in dental morphology.

Traditionally, evaluating student work in preclinical courses has relied on the judgment of experienced clinicians utilizing visual inspection. However, research has shown significant disagreement between different evaluators (interrater reliability) and between results from the same evaluator at different times (intrarater reliability). This study evaluated a new experimental software (E4D Compare) to compare 66 student-produced tooth wax-ups at one U.S. dental school to an ideal standard after both had been digitally scanned. Using 3D surface-mapping technology, a numerical evaluation was generated by calculating the surface area of the student's work that was within a set range of the ideal. The aims of the study were to compare the reliability of faculty and software grades and to determine the ideal tolerance value for the software. The investigators hypothesized that the software would provide more consistent feedback than visual grading and that a tolerance value could be determined that closely correlated with the faculty grade. The results showed that a tolerance level of 450 µm provided 96% agreement of grades compared with only 53% agreement for faculty. The results suggest that this software could be used by faculty members as a mechanism to evaluate student work and for students to use as a self-assessment tool.

Effect of Employing Different Typodonts When Using E4D Compare for Dental Student Assessment.

The use of computers to aid in instruction and help decrease the subjective component of assessment is steadily increasing. One of the potential barriers to the effective utilization of CAD/CAM technology for assessment purposes is the efficient scanning of the teeth being used for comparison. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine if the use of different typodonts, of the same make and model, has any significant effect on the percent comparison results when using E4D Compare. Tooth #30 was prepared by a faculty member to represent what dental students at Georgia Regents University are taught as the ideal preparation for a full gold crown. Ten typodonts of the same make and model were selected for comparison. Three different examples of students' preparations were scanned and compared to the ideal preparation. Each of the three student preparations was subjected to ten trials (occasions), one for each typodont, at five tolerance levels: 0.1 mm, 0.2 mm, 0.3 mm, 0.4 mm, and 0.5 mm. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to measure the intrarater agreement among the typodonts at the various tolerance levels. The agreement coefficients (0.971-0.984) indicated very little variability attributable to the use of a different typodont. The high agreement coefficients achieved using different typodonts of the same make and model provide evidence for the interchangeability of typodonts when assessing a student's performance in the preclinical simulation environment.

Fostering dental student self-assessment of knowledge by confidence scoring of multiple-choice examinations.

Creating a learning environment that fosters student acquisition of self-assessment behaviors and skills is critically important in the education and training of health professionals. Self-assessment is a vital component of competent practice and lifelong learning. This article proposes applying a version of confidence scoring of multiple-choice questions as one avenue to address this crucial educational objective for students to be able to recognize and admit what they do not know. The confidence scoring algorithm assigns one point for a correct answer, deducts fractional points for an incorrect answer, but rewards students fractional points for leaving the question unanswered in admission that they are unsure of the correct answer. The magnitude of the reward relative to the deduction is selected such that the expected gain due to random guessing, even after elimination of all but one distractor, is never greater than the reward. Curricular implementation of this confidence scoring algorithm should motivate health professions students to develop self-assessment behaviors and enable them to acquire the skills necessary to critically evaluate the extent of their current knowledge throughout their professional careers. This is a professional development competency that is emphasized in the educational standards of the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).

Fifteen years of portfolio assessment of dental hygiene student competency: lessons learned.

PURPOSE: Adoption of portfolio assessment in the educational environment is gaining attention as a means to incorporate self-assessment into the curriculum and to use evidence to support learning outcomes and to demonstrate competency. Portfolios provide a medium for students to demonstrate and document their personal and professional growth across the curriculum. The purpose of this literature review is to discuss the drivers for portfolio education, the benefits to both students and program faculty/administrators, the barriers associated with portfolio use, and suggested solutions that have been determined through several years of "lessons learned." The University of Missouri Kansas City School of Dentistry, Division of Dental Hygiene department has been utilizing portfolio assessment for over 15 years and has collected data related to portfolio performance since 2001. Results from correlational statistics calculated on the 312 dental hygiene students that graduated from 2001 to 2013 demonstrate a positive and significant relationship between portfolio performance and overall GPA as well as portfolio performance and NBDHE scores.

The effects of student self-assessment on learning in removable prosthodontics laboratory.

It has been consistently shown that there is a weak association between student self-assessment and faculty member assessment of student projects in preclinical technique laboratory settings and that students overestimate their performance. Greater overestimation is observed among students judged by faculty to be the weakest, and these students also use a wider range of scores. This study hypothesized that student self-assessment is a function of capacity to perform, accuracy of understanding grading standards, and psychological factors. Further it hypothesized that learning, defined as change in performance, is a function of ability and self-assessment. Dental students at one U.S. dental school self-assessed their performance on two projects in a removable prosthodontics laboratory course separated by a six-month period. Faculty evaluations of these projects were used to determine students' understanding of the criteria for the projects, and a standardized psychological test was used to assess the learning orientation of the students. A statistical correction was made for the artifact of regression toward the mean. The study found that self-assessment was a better predictor of future learning under these circumstances than was evaluation by faculty members.

How do gender and anxiety affect students' self-assessment and actual performance on a high-stakes clinical skills examination?

PURPOSE: Research suggests that medical students are not accurate in self-assessment, but it is not clear whether students over- or underestimate their skills or how certain characteristics correlate with accuracy in self-assessment. The goal of this study was to determine the effect of gender and anxiety on accuracy of students' self-assessment and on actual performance in the context of a high-stakes assessment. METHOD: Prior to their fourth year of medical school, two classes of medical students at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine completed a required clinical skills exam in fall 2010 and 2011, respectively. Two hundred two students rated their anxiety in anticipation of the exam and predicted their overall scores in the history taking and physical examination performance domains. A self-assessment deviation score was calculated by subtracting each student's predicted score from his or her score as rated by standardized patients. RESULTS: When students self-assessed their data gathering performance, there was a weak negative correlation between their predicted scores and their actual scores on the examination. Additionally, there was an interaction effect of anxiety and gender on both self-assessment deviation scores and actual performance. Specifically, females with high anxiety were more accurate in self-assessment and achieved higher actual scores compared with males with high anxiety. No differences by gender emerged for students with moderate or low anxiety. CONCLUSIONS: Educators should take into account not only gender but also the role of emotion, in this case anxiety, when planning interventions to help improve accuracy of students' self-assessment.

Developing health information literacy: a needs analysis from the perspective of preprofessional health students.

OBJECTIVE: The research identified the skills, if any, that health preprofessional students wished to develop after receiving feedback on skill gaps as well as any strategies they intended to use to address these gaps. METHODS: A qualitative approach was used to elicit students' reflections on building health information literacy skills. First, the students took the Research Readiness Self-Assessment instrument, which measured their health information literacy, and then they received individually tailored feedback about their scores and skill gaps. Second, students completed a post-assessment survey asking how they intended to close identified gaps in their skills on these. Three trained coders analyzed qualitative comments by 181 students and grouped them into themes relating to "what skills to improve" and "how to improve them." RESULTS: Students intended to develop library skills (64% of respondents), Internet skills (63%), and information evaluation skills (63%). Most students reported that they would use library staff members' assistance (55%), but even more respondents (82%) planned to learn the skills by practicing on their own. Getting help from librarians was a much more popular learning strategy than getting assistance from peers (20%) or professors (17%). CONCLUSIONS: The study highlighted the importance of providing health preprofessional students with resources to improve skills on their own, remote access to library staff members, and instruction on the complexity of building health literacy skills, while also building relationships among students, librarians, and faculty.

Autoevaluación en medicina transfusional / Self-assessment in transfusion medicine

Hace 18 años, el Comité Científico de la AAHI, publicaba en el Vol. XX de nuestra Revista una edición especial con un programa de Autoevaluación en Medicina Transfusional. Tuvo tan buena recepción entre los lectores que a lo largo del tiempo fue conocida como la "Revista de las 500 preguntas". La misma fue utilizada por todos los profesionales de la especialidad como instrumento para medir su grado de conocimientos sobre la medicina transfusional, pero fundamentalmente era la última herramienta que utilizaban los médicos para evaluar si estaban en condiciones de aprobar el examen de la especialidad. Durante mi paso por la Comisión Directiva en el año 2004, los miembros del Comité Científico nos habíamos propuesto hacer una nueva edición del programa de autoevaluación, pero sólo habíamos llegado a las 300 preguntas cuando dejé la Secretaría Científica. No era una tarea fácil, porque se requiere de mucha experiencia para confeccionar preguntas por el sistema de elección múltiple. Es así que "las 300" fueron guardadas para otra oportunidad. Y la oportunidad llegó de la mano de los festejos de los 40 años de la AAHI. Esta vez le propuse a la Dra. Mónica Puppo retomar la idea de hacer "otra Revista de las 500 preguntas", evaluar nuevamente las 300 anteriores, dado que algunas ya habían perdido vigencia y llegar a las 500 a partir del contenido de los dos últimos Manuales Técnicos, del Transfusion Medicine Self-Assessment and Review de la AABB y de las Normas Técnicas y Administrativas de la Ley Nacional de Sangre Nº 22990. Es nuestro deseo que esta nueva edición alcance el mismo valor que la anterior porque ello demostraría que entre nuestros asociados persiste el interés en incorporar conocimientos y además, de autoevaluarse. Agradezco a la Dra. Mónica Puppo porque se hizo eco de mi pretensión y trabajó incansablemente para que llegáramos en tiempo y forma a este momento, y ambos debemos agradecer la colaboración de los Dres. Silvina Kuperman...