title: [Comparison of two educational strategies in teacher formation courses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the achievement of promotional strategies on the participation in two educational modalities for the development of skills for the elaboration of the knowledge (SSEK) in courses of teacher formation (TF).
  
  
  METHODS
  A quasi-experimental design was performed in four courses of TF with similar contents and strategies with seven students each one. As independent variable the presence and semipresence modalities were considered. In order to measure the development of the SSEK reliable; a validated instrument were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant differences were found among or between evaluations before and after interventions in the four groups. The students of the semipresencial course well as the presence advanced significantly in the development of the aptitudes and educative posture according to Wilcoxon test.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both modalities increase the SSKE to development therefore represents an option for medical education in health professionals.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación Educativa y Formación Docente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Nuevo León, Mexico. teresa.benavides@imss.gob.mx
authors.forename: Teresa de J
authors.initials: Tde J
authors.lastname: Benavides-Caballero
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cobos-Aguilar
authors.forename: Norberto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Elizaldi-Lozano
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de la Garza-Quintanilla
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Insfrán-Sánchez
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cortés-Flores
authors.forename: Julián
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mata-Balderas
mesh_terms: D004493:Education / Q000379:methods; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D005178:Faculty