Rodríguez FN, Leal GE, Menéndez PM, Bermúdez AE, Pérez OBR, Fernández LJ

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 76-88
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ABSTRACT

Background: the process of internationalization of culture educates people in the respect for other people´s diversity and becomes one of the roots of development, not only seen as an economical growth but also as a way to achieve a more satisfactory intellectual, affective, moral and spiritual balance.
Objective: to present the principal experiences that have been achieved in the internationalization of culture through the application of a strategy of cultural management, in Villa Clara University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: an action research work with an educative and community intervention design was carried out in the academic year 2013-2014. The population comprised 1728 students who study in this institution, they are from 62 countries. Different methods were applied, theoretical methods: analysis-synthesis and induction-deduction, and empirical methods: documents review and observation, they allowed relating the acquired experiences.
Results: the experiences reached with the execution of the strategy were related, actions to organize the work with the different groups were applied, representations of different cultures, social interaction, and the intercultural dialogue among the students from different nationalities were manifested, besides, the knowledge in relation to their salubrious profession were applied.
Conclusions: the actions constitute a positive experience for the socio-cultural exchange; it was deepen inside the knowledge of the countries with the execution of the strategy, this allowed the protection of the historical and cultural memory of the represented nationalities and to promote respect for the culture and identity of those countries.

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