Epidemiology in the initial training of the doctor, a problem of science, technology and society

Abstract

Scientific-technological advances are one of the most influential factors in contemporary society, the importance of science and technology increases rapidly in all spheres of social life and the development of knowledge is incorporated into production and services among there are those in the health sector. Our country is subject to the influence of factors such as climatic changes, demographics and population aging, increase the emergence or re-emergence of communicable diseases (dengue, chikungunya, H1N1 influenza, cholera, Ebola and other viral hemorrhagic fevers), which constitute a growing threat due to its high morbidity and mortality. In the present article it is argued from the relationship science-technology-society, the necessity of the epidemiological formation in the students of the measurement in Medicine.