Virtual platforms through the Virtual Health Convention Center for the development of student scientific events

Abstract

The organization and implementation of scientific events aimed at students of medical sciences responds to the research profile included in each undergraduate training program. However, its conception is far from the simple presentation of the project to be developed; frames a broad accompaniment of factors and/or components in its development (human, institutional, logistical assurance among others). After the confirmation of the first cases of COVID-19 and its subsequent accelerated progress, the traditional way of holding student scientific events was modified. In this sense, it was essential to continue planning the scientific-research cycles of each university; aspect that contributed to the implementation of the distance education (EaD) modality.(1) The Virtual Health Convention Center (CENCOMED, ​​http://www.cenco.sld.cu/) provides extensive services for holding events and scientific conferences. Its management is carried out through the Open ConferenceSystem (OCS), an interface similar to that used by scientific journals in health sciences that operate in the INFOMED network.(2)